NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Parker, 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 Parker, Arizona since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Parker
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F1 on September 18, 1972; its path came within 13 miles. Of the 134 Arizona cities on this site, 88% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Parker. Hail has been reported within 10 miles once, in 1999, with stones of 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 134 Arizona cities, 82% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Parker.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Parker
By decade
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1972 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Parker
The Storm Prediction Center has one hail report within 10 miles of Parker, from September 16, 1999: 1 inch (quarter size).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Parker
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Parker, AZ, 4 miles north of Parker at 420 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 108°F and low of 81°F; December is the coolest, at 67°F and 40°F. January is the wettest at 0.9 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.0 inches; the year adds up to 4.6 inches over 11 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 185 days a year, almost all from March to November. Lows fall below freezing on about 4 nights a year. That 4.6 inches is more than at 5 of the 76 Arizona stations used on this site (7%). Lake Havasu City, 27 miles north, has its own station (Lake Havasu City, AZ): 4.3 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and a July average high of 109°F against 108°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 42 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Feb | 73 | 45 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Mar | 80 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Apr | 87 | 56 | 0.2 | 0 |
| May | 96 | 64 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jun | 105 | 74 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jul | 108 | 81 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Aug | 108 | 81 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Sep | 103 | 74 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Oct | 90 | 61 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Nov | 78 | 49 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Dec | 67 | 40 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Year | 89 | 60 | 4.6 | 11 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Parker, AZ (420 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 Parker
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 30 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Parker: 14 flash floods, 14 thunderstorm wind reports and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $446,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on July 8, 2014. August has had the most flash floods, 6 of 14. Of the 130 Arizona cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 49 have had fewer than Parker.
August 25, 2008: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Parker — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.
NWS: “A woman died when a flash flood suddenly came down a wash she was driving across, flipping her vehicle over and pinning her inside.”
September 1, 2019: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Parker — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Isolated to scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across the far northwest portion of La Paz County during the evening hours on September 1st. The stronger storms generated gusty damaging outflow winds well in excess of 50 mph, as supported by a 53 mph wind gust from a RAWS weather station in Parker.”
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 Parker's ZIP code 85344 have filed 87 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $663,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 38 claims (44% of all) and $493,000. 44% 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, 40 have fewer than Parker.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1983 | 38 | $493,000 |
La Paz County, which includes Parker, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1983, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 severe storms, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives La Paz County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $27.5 million a year, the 12th highest of 15 Arizona counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $24.3 million (88%), 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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