NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wickenburg, 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 Wickenburg, Arizona since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 3 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 3
- 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 Wickenburg
The strongest of the 3 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on July 29, 1967; its path came within 19 miles. The most recent tornado was on November 18, 2025. Of the 134 Arizona cities on this site, 77% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Wickenburg. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 7 times since 1987, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 134 Arizona cities, 60% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Wickenburg.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Wickenburg
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2000s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1967 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | EF0 | 14 mi | 1.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 2008 | EF0 | 7 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 3 of 3, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Wickenburg
The Storm Prediction Center has 7 hail reports within 10 miles of Wickenburg since 1987. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on October 29, 1987. The most recent report is from September 2, 2022.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Wickenburg
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wickenburg, AZ, 2 miles northeast of Wickenburg at 2,095 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 104°F and low of 73°F; December is the coolest, at 64°F and 33°F. August is the wettest at 2.0 inches of precipitation on average and June the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 11.0 inches over 21 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 162 days a year, almost all from March to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. That 11.0 inches is more than at 34 of the 76 Arizona stations used on this site (45%). Wittmann, 18 miles southeast, has its own station (Wittmann 1SE, AZ): 9.9 inches a year, 1.1 less than here, and a July average high of 105°F against 104°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65 | 34 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Feb | 68 | 36 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Mar | 75 | 41 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Apr | 82 | 46 | 0.3 | 1 |
| May | 91 | 53 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Jun | 101 | 62 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 104 | 73 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Aug | 102 | 72 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Sep | 96 | 64 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Oct | 86 | 51 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Nov | 74 | 40 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Dec | 64 | 33 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Year | 84 | 50 | 11.0 | 21 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Wickenburg, AZ (2,095 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 Wickenburg
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 66 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wickenburg: 41 flash floods, 20 thunderstorm wind reports and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $4.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 29, 2015. August has had the most flash floods, 17 of 41. Of the 130 Arizona cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 105 have had fewer than Wickenburg.
July 14, 2012: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Wickenburg — 1 killed.
NWS: “Scattered thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona during the afternoon hours on Saturday July 14th, and they produced locally heavy rainfall which led to episodes of flash flooding in the Wickenburg area. A Flash Flood Warning was issued for Wickenburg at about 5 pm in the afternoon.”
July 30, 2005: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Wickenburg — $3.0 million damage.
NWS: “Very heavy rainfall, about 2 inches per hour, caused flooding of low spots and washes. The peak flow in Hartman Wash, was reported as 1200 cfs.”
August 12, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Wickenburg — $300,000 damage.
NWS: “A strong to severe complex of storms formed northeast of Wickenburg and moved to the southwest and intensified. The storms produced severe damage to at least 2 aircraft at the Wickenburg airport.”
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 Wickenburg's ZIP code 85390 have filed 45 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $335,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2000, with 23. Of the 50 Arizona cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 27 have fewer than Wickenburg.
Maricopa County, which includes Wickenburg, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1966, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 fires, 9 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Maricopa County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $2.20 billion a year, the highest of 15 Arizona counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.12 billion (51%), 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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