NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Arizona Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Arizona has 302 tornadoes on record since 1950, 4 of them EF3 or stronger, with 3 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Tempe (55).
- Cities
- 134
- Tornadoes in state
- 302
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
- Tornado deaths
- 3
since 1950
Arizona weather by month: rain, temperature and hurricane season by station →
Compare Phoenix and Tucson, or any two US cities →
Storms that reached the most Arizona cities
- Lester 1992Category 1 · 24 cities
- Nora 1997Category 4 · 4 cities
- Katrina 1967Category 1 · 4 cities
Arizona cities
Hail in Arizona
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for Arizona since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.