Arizona

Storm History: Gila County, Arizona

514 episodes, 748 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gila 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
748
Deaths
33
Injuries
25
Damage
$97 million
Episodes
514

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
Flash Flood279135$53 million
Excessive Heat11430
Thunderstorm Wind7460$459,000
Hail6901$56,000
Heavy Snow5200$5,000
Heavy Rain4600$20,000
Tornado30311$25 million
Wildfire2615$17 million
Flood1850$323,000
Winter Storm1200
Lightning813$127,000
High Wind400$100,000
Dust Storm400$500
Dust Devil300$25,000
Blizzard310$20,000
Debris Flow300$100,000
Funnel Cloud100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$100,000
Avalanche100

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 Gila County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gila CountyEvery warning in Gila 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.