Storm History: Kittitas County, Washington
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kittitas 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
- 180
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 163
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 60 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 14 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| High Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $92,000 |
| Winter Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Avalanche | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- Debris Flow, May 14, 2011
- Flood, January 15, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2005
- Lightning, September 19, 2010
- High Wind, May 19, 2001
- Wildfire, February 12, 2011
- High Wind, January 29, 2007
- Flood, January 31, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Strong Wind, April 27, 2004
- Wildfire, July 1, 2004
- Strong Wind, June 21, 2005
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
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2026
- Avalanche, January 9, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2026
- High Wind, May 31, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2024
- Blizzard, November 19, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, May 2, 2024
- Tornado, May 1, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 22, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, October 25, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 25, 2021
- High Wind, May 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2020
- High Wind, October 25, 2019
- Funnel Cloud, September 10, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2019
- Blizzard, February 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Wildfire, July 19, 2018
- Wildfire, July 9, 2018
- High Wind, April 27, 2018
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2017
- Wildfire, August 24, 2017
- Flood, March 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 17, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2015
- Hail, May 29, 2015
- Tornado, August 13, 2014
- Wildfire, August 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2014
- Hail, August 10, 2013
- Wildfire, August 1, 2013
- Wildfire, July 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2013
- Flood, May 9, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2012
- Debris Flow, May 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2011
- Flood, March 31, 2011
- Wildfire, February 12, 2011
- Flood, January 15, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 21, 2010
- Lightning, September 19, 2010
- High Wind, July 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2009
- Heavy Rain, June 13, 2009
- Debris Flow, January 7, 2009
- High Wind, January 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2008
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2008
- Hail, July 1, 2008
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2007
- Flood, March 12, 2007
- High Wind, January 29, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2006
- Flood, November 6, 2006
- Heat, July 21, 2006
- Hail, July 5, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Dust Storm, April 29, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2005
- Dust Storm, August 12, 2005
- Strong Wind, June 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2005
- Funnel Cloud, April 23, 2005
- Dense Fog, January 27, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 17, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 2004
- High Wind, December 19, 2004
- Wildfire, August 1, 2004
- Wildfire, July 30, 2004
- Wildfire, July 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2004
- Strong Wind, April 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2004
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 8, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2003
- High Wind, November 19, 2003
- Wildfire, October 1, 2003
- Wildfire, September 24, 2003
- Wildfire, September 1, 2003
- Wildfire, August 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2003
- Flood, February 1, 2003
- Flood, January 31, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 30, 2002
- Heat, July 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2001
- High Wind, October 16, 2001
- High Wind, May 19, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2000
- High Wind, December 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2000
- Dust Devil, May 8, 1999
- High Wind, February 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 1999
- Flood, December 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 1998
- Winter Storm, December 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 3, 1998
- Heavy Rain, June 6, 1998
- Flood, February 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow, November 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 1988
More
Tornadoes in Kittitas CountyEvery warning in Kittitas 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.