Storm History: Adams County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Adams County, Washington: 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
- 367
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 102
- Damage
- $37 million
- Episodes
- 222
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 95 | 2 | 4 | $225,000 |
| Wildfire | 63 | 0 | 5 | $10 million |
| Dust Storm | 59 | 1 | 38 | $470,000 |
| High Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $9.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 23 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 49 | $200,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 1 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 12 | 1 | 0 | $58,000 |
| Flash Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $610,000 |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Debris Flow | 6 | 0 | 1 | $63,000 |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $30 |
| Freezing Fog | 3 | 0 | 5 | $2.0 million |
| Dense Smoke | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, November 19, 1996
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Wildfire, June 21, 2026
- Flood, June 27, 2001
- High Wind, December 14, 2006
- Wildfire, August 2, 1998
- High Wind, January 7, 2007
- Freezing Fog, January 13, 2009
- Wildfire, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Wildfire, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Flood, February 16, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2018
- Dense Fog, November 29, 2018
- Wildfire, July 17, 2023
- Wildfire, September 7, 2020
- Dust Storm, May 27, 2021
- Dust Storm, March 28, 2021
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
- Wildfire, June 21, 2026
- Blizzard, March 7, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Dust Storm, April 16, 2025
- Dust Storm, September 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2023
- Freezing Fog, November 25, 2023
- High Wind, November 11, 2023
- Wildfire, July 17, 2023
- Wildfire, July 10, 2023
- Wildfire, June 14, 2023
- High Wind, June 13, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 3, 2022
- Dust Storm, September 8, 2022
- Hail, August 12, 2022
- Wildfire, August 4, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2022
- Strong Wind, July 31, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2021
- Dust Storm, May 27, 2021
- Wildfire, April 18, 2021
- Dust Storm, April 13, 2021
- Dust Storm, March 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 12, 2020
- Dust Storm, November 7, 2020
- Dust Storm, October 30, 2020
- Dust Storm, October 13, 2020
- Dust Storm, September 25, 2020
- Dense Smoke, September 12, 2020
- Wildfire, September 7, 2020
- Wildfire, August 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2020
- Debris Flow, May 19, 2020
- Dust Storm, May 2, 2020
- Dust Storm, April 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- Wildfire, October 28, 2019
- Wildfire, June 3, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 29, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2018
- Dust Storm, October 2, 2018
- Dense Smoke, August 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2017
- Ice Storm, February 8, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 17, 2017
- Blizzard, January 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2016
- Wildfire, September 11, 2016
- Wildfire, August 21, 2016
- Wildfire, August 10, 2016
- Wildfire, August 6, 2016
- Wildfire, August 2, 2016
- Wildfire, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire, July 30, 2016
- Wildfire, June 1, 2016
- Wildfire, May 29, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2015
- Dust Storm, November 17, 2015
- Dust Storm, August 29, 2015
- Debris Flow, August 14, 2015
- Wildfire, August 10, 2015
- Wildfire, August 1, 2015
- Wildfire, July 20, 2015
- Wildfire, July 5, 2015
- Wildfire, July 5, 2015
- Wildfire, July 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2015
- Debris Flow, August 12, 2014
- Wildfire, July 19, 2014
- Wildfire, July 14, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2014
- Flood, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2014
- Freezing Fog, January 15, 2014
- Flood, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2013
- Dust Storm, September 15, 2013
- Dust Storm, August 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2012
- Wildfire, September 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2012
- Wildfire, June 13, 2012
- Wildfire, May 25, 2012
- High Wind, February 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2012
- Wildfire, August 21, 2011
- Wildfire, July 25, 2011
- Strong Wind, March 10, 2011
- High Wind, February 12, 2011
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2011
- Debris Flow, January 16, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2011
- Blizzard, December 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 24, 2010
- Blizzard, November 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2010
- Wildfire, August 26, 2010
- Dust Storm, July 12, 2010
- Dust Storm, May 3, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2009
- Dust Storm, October 4, 2009
- Dust Storm, October 3, 2009
- Wildfire, August 28, 2009
- Wildfire, August 20, 2009
- Wildfire, August 11, 2009
- High Wind, July 6, 2009
- Freezing Fog, January 13, 2009
- High Wind, January 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2008
- Wildfire, August 18, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2008
- Wildfire, July 27, 2008
- Wildfire, July 22, 2008
- Wildfire, July 14, 2008
- Wildfire, July 13, 2008
- Wildfire, July 10, 2008
- Wildfire, July 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2008
- Wildfire, June 29, 2008
- Wildfire, June 29, 2008
- Wildfire, June 15, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2008
- Wildfire, September 1, 2007
- Wildfire, July 13, 2007
- Wildfire, July 13, 2007
- Wildfire, July 6, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2007
- High Wind, January 9, 2007
- High Wind, January 7, 2007
- High Wind, December 14, 2006
- High Wind, October 19, 2006
- Wildfire, July 5, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2005
- High Wind, April 27, 2004
- Strong Wind, March 5, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2004
- High Wind, November 18, 2003
- High Wind, October 28, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, February 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2003
- High Wind, April 22, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2002
- High Wind, December 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2001
- High Wind, October 22, 2001
- Dust Storm, September 25, 2001
- Flood, June 27, 2001
- Heavy Rain, June 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2000
- High Wind, January 9, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2000
- Wildfire, September 25, 1999
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 1999
- Flash Flood, December 1, 1998
- Wildfire, August 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 3, 1998
- Hail, April 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1997
- Flood, May 21, 1997
- High Wind, April 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 1997
- Avalanche, March 8, 1997
- Flood, January 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow, November 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow, November 24, 1996
- Ice Storm, November 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 1993
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Hail, July 7, 1982
- Tornado, May 12, 1980
- Tornado, July 1, 1978
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 1975
More
Tornadoes in Adams CountyEvery warning in Adams County since 1986Every county in Washington
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.