Washington

Storm History: Grant County, Washington

342 episodes, 545 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Grant 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
545
Deaths
7
Injuries
102
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
342

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 Snow16824$246,000
Wildfire9404$13 million
Dust Storm62138$470,000
High Wind3400$9.8 million
Flash Flood2900$974,000
Winter Storm2810$15,000
Winter Weather21049$461,000
Thunderstorm Wind1600$236,000
Ice Storm1610$7.0 million
Hail1200
Tornado1100$29,000
Blizzard1000
Flood700$51,000
Funnel Cloud700
Strong Wind600$66,000
Debris Flow401$62,000
Heavy Rain301$520,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Freezing Fog305$2.0 million
Dense Smoke300
Excessive Heat300
Lightning200$157,000
Avalanche110
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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Grant County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Grant CountyEvery warning in Grant 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.