Washington

Storm History: Garfield County, Washington

145 episodes, 185 events since 1976

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Garfield 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
185
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$75 million
Episodes
145

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 Snow9100
High Wind2200$75,000
Wildfire1300$71 million
Flash Flood1200$535,000
Winter Storm900$40,000
Thunderstorm Wind800$190,000
Flood800$15,000
Hail600$3.0 million
Blizzard600
Tornado300
Dust Storm200
Winter Weather200
Debris Flow200$15,000
Ice Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Garfield CountyEvery warning in Garfield 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.