Washington

Storm History: Whitman County, Washington

238 episodes, 343 events since 1971

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Whitman 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
343
Deaths
5
Injuries
24
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
238

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 Snow10311$105,000
Flood3300$950,000
Thunderstorm Wind2700$308,000
Flash Flood2400$3.6 million
Wildfire2201$5.8 million
High Wind2101$5.2 million
Winter Storm2001
Hail1708$249,000
Dust Storm1510$60,000
Tornado1200$26,000
Winter Weather11212$82,000
Debris Flow1100$235,000
Funnel Cloud600
Strong Wind510$10,000
Blizzard400
Ice Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning200$3,000
Dense Smoke200
Excessive Heat200$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Whitman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Whitman CountyEvery warning in Whitman 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.