Tornadoes · United States · Arizona
1950 tornadoes in Arizona
No tornado was recorded in Arizona in 1950. The state averages 4.4 a year over the 69 years it has any in the record.
What Arizona usually sees
The record has 302 tornadoes in Arizona since 1950, 3 deaths. Every year in Arizona.
Nearby
Every tornado in Arizona since 1950Warnings in force in ArizonaThe live radar over Arizona
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.