Washington

Storm History: Adams County, Washington

222 episodes, 367 events since 1975

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.

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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 Snow9524$225,000
Wildfire6305$10 million
Dust Storm59138$470,000
High Wind2600$9.8 million
Winter Storm2310$15,000
Winter Weather15049$200,000
Ice Storm1410$7.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind1210$58,000
Flash Flood1000$610,000
Flood800$4.2 million
Blizzard700
Strong Wind600$66,000
Debris Flow601$63,000
Hail500$1.8 million
Tornado400$30
Freezing Fog305$2.0 million
Dense Smoke300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Avalanche110
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100$20,000
Dense Fog110$200,000

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.

Every episode, newest first

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.