Ice Storm in Arizona
Every ice storm event the National Weather Service has filed in Arizona, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant ice storm 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
- 7
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $110,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Ice Storm in Arizona, January 25, 2006A low pressure center moving into Arizona and a cold easterly flow into the into the Little Colorado River Valley, White Mountains, and Eastern Mogollon Rim caused widespread freezing drizzle and freezing rain.
- Ice Storm in Arizona, December 17 to 23, 2010A southwest flow with a relatively shallow moist layer moved over northern Arizona for several days before a cold front swept across the state.
- Ice Storm in Arizona, November 22, 2004Freezing rain knocked out power to a large area of Haulapai Mountain. People without power for several hours. Top of the mountain received 2 feet of new snow.
- Ice Storm in Arizona, December 24 to 27, 2021Near continuous low level moisture and sub freezing temperatures created ideal conditions for rim icing above 8500 feet across the Western Mogollon Rim.
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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.