Washington

Storm History: Grays Harbor County, Washington

30 episodes, 31 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Grays Harbor 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
31
Deaths
3
Injuries
0
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
30

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.

Open the live radar over Grays Harbor County

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 Rain900$4.5 million
Flood530$3.5 million
Debris Flow500$2.8 million
Tornado400
Thunderstorm Wind400
Storm Surge/Tide300$1.0 million
High Wind100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Grays Harbor County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Grays Harbor CountyEvery warning in Grays Harbor 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.