Arizona

Storm History: Apache County, Arizona

496 episodes, 846 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Apache County, Arizona: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
846
Deaths
10
Injuries
21
Damage
$67 million
Episodes
496

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow19520
High Wind183017$8,000
Flash Flood13700$264,000
Dust Storm12102$50,000
Winter Storm3440
Heavy Rain2500
Tornado2400$5,000
Hail1900
Thunderstorm Wind1801$4,000
Funnel Cloud1800
Wildfire1600$67 million
Flood1000
Excessive Heat900
Dense Fog800
Avalanche700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600$80,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning441
Blizzard300
Strong Wind100$40,000
Ice Storm100
Debris Flow100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Apache County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Apache CountyEvery warning in Apache County since 1986Every county in Arizona

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.