NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Camp Verde, AZ
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Camp Verde, Arizona since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Camp Verde
The highest rating among the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 6, 2010, came within 19 miles. Of the 134 Arizona cities on this site, 66% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Camp Verde. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 18 times since 1998, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Camp Verde has more hail reports within 10 miles than 72% of the 134 Arizona cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Camp Verde
By decade
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2010 | EF0 | 19 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 2003 | F0 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 15, 1999 | F0 | 22 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 14, 1999 | F0 | 25 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Camp Verde
The Storm Prediction Center has 18 hail reports within 10 miles of Camp Verde since 1998, made on 16 separate days. Of these, 15 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 9, 2021. The most recent report is from September 26, 2025. July has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Camp Verde
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Montezuma Castle Nm, AZ, 4 miles north of Camp Verde at 3,180 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 101°F and low of 64°F; December is the coolest, at 59°F and 25°F. August is the wettest at 2.1 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 13.3 inches over 31 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 135 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 99 nights a year. That 13.3 inches is more than at 53 of the 76 Arizona stations used on this site (70%). Cornville, 12 miles north, has its own station (Tuzigoot, AZ): 12.0 inches a year, 1.3 less than here, and the same July average high, 101°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 26 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Feb | 65 | 29 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Mar | 72 | 35 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Apr | 79 | 40 | 0.5 | 2 |
| May | 88 | 47 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Jun | 98 | 54 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Jul | 101 | 64 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Aug | 99 | 63 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Sep | 93 | 55 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Oct | 82 | 43 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Nov | 69 | 32 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Dec | 59 | 25 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Year | 80 | 43 | 13.3 | 31 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Montezuma Castle Nm, AZ (3,180 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Camp Verde
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Camp Verde: 36 flash floods, 21 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 heavy rain events and 1 flood. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on August 19, 2001. July has had the most flash floods, 16 of 36. Of the 130 Arizona cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 101 have had fewer than Camp Verde.
August 27, 2007: heavy rain event 8 miles from the centre of Camp Verde — 1 killed.
NWS: “Heavy rain caused a vehicle to hydroplane and crash. One person was killed.”
February 28, 2017: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Camp Verde — 1 killed.
August 23, 2015: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Camp Verde — $1.0 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Camp Verde's ZIP code 86322 have filed 84 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $940,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1993, with 19. 11% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 50 Arizona cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 39 have fewer than Camp Verde.
Yavapai County, which includes Camp Verde, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 fires, 5 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Yavapai County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for hail and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $107.8 million a year, the 5th highest of 15 Arizona counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $69.7 million (65%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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