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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marana, AZ

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

2 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Marana, Arizona since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was John in 1994. Since 1950, 11 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
11

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Marana

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Marana, Arizona, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1994JohnSep 874 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 5
1992LesterAug 2453 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Marana: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marana

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s5
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Marana, Arizona
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 27, 1964F222 mi0.1 mi2 / 9
Jul 28, 1994F213 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 6, 1992F124 mi2.8 mi0 / 1
Aug 24, 1991F15 mi1 mi0 / 2
Aug 13, 2023EF013 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 2017EF02 mi0.11 mi0 / 0
Oct 8, 2006F07 mi0.03 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 1996F019 mi1 mi0 / 0
Mar 7, 1994F024 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 8, 1970F024 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 2, 2021Unrated24 mi0.59 mi0 / 0

The strongest 11 of 11, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Marana while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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