Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Arizona
Every extreme cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in Arizona, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
The most significant on the map
The most significant extreme cold/wind chill episodes in Arizona.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 18
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1.1 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Extreme Cold and Frost and Freeze in Arizona, February 2 to 3, 2011An unusually cold air mass had a significant impact on Southeast Arizona.
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Arizona, October 25 to 27, 2020A cold front bought very windy conditions and sharply colder temperatures along with areas of snow. Daytime temperatures were 20 to 25 degrees below normal.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Arizona, January 1 to 6, 2011An arctic front left very cold temperatures across northern Arizona to start out 2011. The cold temperatures froze pipes and caused flooding even in the usually coldest locations.
- Extreme Cold in Arizona, February 1 to 3, 2011A very cold and windy arctic air mass moved into northern Arizona. This caused temperatures to plummet to near the coldest readings of all time. Strong northeasterly winds brought even colder wind chill temperatures.
- Extreme Cold in Arizona, December 8 to 9, 2013A modified arctic air mass moved over northern Arizona with several locations breaking low temperature records.
- Extreme Cold in Arizona, June 23, 2023Mostly clear skies, light winds, and very dry air allowed strong radiational cooling and record low temperatures across northern Arizona on the second full day of summer.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Arizona, January 25 to 26, 2017A strong area of high pressure moved over northern Arizona in the wake of 6 days of snowfall. This resulted in very cold conditions, especially at night as strong radiational cooling developed over the deep snowpack.
- Extreme Cold in Arizona, January 31, 2002Temperatures fell to a low of 24F in Queen Creek, and the resulting frost ruined a large part of a peach crop at a local orchard.
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Extreme Cold/Wind Chill everywhereEvery kind of event 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.