Washington

Storm History: Klickitat County, Washington

290 episodes, 388 events since 1996

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Klickitat 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
388
Deaths
14
Injuries
54
Damage
$7.7 million
Episodes
290

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
High Wind11705$2.4 million
Heavy Snow8011
Wildfire3900$4.5 million
Excessive Heat2060
Winter Storm1800
Dust Storm17134$530,000
Hail1310
Frost/Freeze1200
Ice Storm1115
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Flood800
Heat700
Winter Weather503
Blizzard500
Thunderstorm Wind400$1,000
Strong Wind431$10,000
Lightning300$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Avalanche200
Dense Fog203$190,000
Drought100
Heavy Rain101$10,000
Funnel Cloud100
Freezing Fog111
Debris Flow100
Flash Flood100
Tornado100

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 Klickitat CountyEvery warning in Klickitat 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.