Washington

Storm History: Douglas County, Washington

406 episodes, 780 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
780
Deaths
6
Injuries
54
Damage
$470 million
Episodes
406

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 Snow37226$834,000
Wildfire13325$303 million
High Wind47020$41 million
Winter Storm4110$15,000
Dust Storm39016$96,000
Flash Flood2702$587,000
Ice Storm2300
Winter Weather2003$276,000
Debris Flow1200$52,000
Blizzard1102$1,000
Hail900$5.9 million
Dense Smoke900
Tornado800$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind500$6,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Excessive Heat500
Flood300$1,000
Strong Wind300$12,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Freezing Fog200$2.0 million
Avalanche110
Heavy Rain100$10 million
Frost/Freeze100$105 million
Funnel Cloud100

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 Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.