Arizona

Storm History: Navajo County, Arizona

644 episodes, 1,176 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Navajo 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
1,176
Deaths
17
Injuries
26
Damage
$118 million
Episodes
644

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 Snow26820
High Wind232217$166,000
Dust Storm17305$168,000
Flash Flood15900$76,000
Hail5800
Winter Storm5380
Wildfire4100$117 million
Tornado3700$13,000
Heavy Rain3500$1,000
Thunderstorm Wind2800$7,000
Flood2410$76,000
Funnel Cloud1600
Dense Fog1000
Excessive Heat800
Avalanche800
Blizzard700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600$110,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning424$50,000
Ice Storm220
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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Navajo CountyEvery warning in Navajo 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.