Washington

Storm History: Spokane County, Washington

611 episodes, 1,492 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Spokane 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
1,492
Deaths
28
Injuries
97
Damage
$380 million
Episodes
611

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 Snow763813$11 million
Wildfire9131$326 million
Winter Storm8117$310,000
Thunderstorm Wind78013$7.4 million
High Wind6724$10 million
Tornado4500$1.3 million
Ice Storm4500
Winter Weather44520$758,000
Flash Flood4300$4.6 million
Debris Flow41012$5.6 million
Hail40012$559,000
Dust Storm4052$520,000
Flood2900$12 million
Strong Wind2612$163,000
Blizzard1502$1,000
Dense Smoke900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill810
Lightning501$26,000
Heavy Rain500$23,000
Freezing Fog528$5,000
Funnel Cloud400
Excessive Heat400$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Dust Devil100$500

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 Spokane County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Spokane CountyEvery warning in Spokane 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.