Arizona

Storm History: Pima County, Arizona

1,358 episodes, 2,711 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pima 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
2,711
Deaths
674
Injuries
260
Damage
$267 million
Episodes
1,358

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 Flood9482243$70 million
Thunderstorm Wind423013$18 million
Drought27100
Excessive Heat253304105
Heat2333210
Hail17706$8.8 million
Wildfire69110$149 million
Tornado67353$4.5 million
Winter Storm6501$537,000
Dust Storm4900$679,000
Flood3800$971,000
High Wind2000$80,000
Lightning1736$102,000
Heavy Snow1400$7,000
Cold/Wind Chill14170
Dust Devil1008$48,000
Debris Flow1001$97,000
Strong Wind902$11 million
Frost/Freeze601$190,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill523$2.5 million
Funnel Cloud400
Winter Weather410$15,000
Blizzard300$31,000
Heavy Rain208$53,000

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 Pima County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pima CountyEvery warning in Pima 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.