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Arizona damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 1,510 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Arizona, 1,378 of them 58 mph or more and 87 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 383 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was August 31, 2023 (36 reports in Arizona). The highest wind on record is 115 mph, on August 14, 1996. 2026 so far: 202 preliminary reports.

1,510wind reports 2016–2025
1,37858 mph or more
8775 mph or more
115 mphhighest on record
2022026 preliminary reports

Arizona's biggest wind day since 2016: July 10, 2021

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

36 damaging wind reports in Arizona, 4 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 501991: 271992: 481993: 261994: 681995: 591996: 991997: 911998: 701999: 642000: 502001: 672002: 492003: 632004: 582005: 692006: 822007: 792008: 982009: 772010: 1122011: 1172012: 1082013: 992014: 1092015: 1722016: 772017: 1162018: 1852019: 972020: 762021: 2262022: 2642023: 1612024: 1742025: 134199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 264
Damaging wind reports per year in Arizona, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Arizona

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
August 31, 202336074 mph
July 10, 202136491 mph
July 17, 2022302100 mph
July 9, 201830490 mph
July 30, 201829275 mph
July 26, 202325063 mph
August 14, 1996255115 mph
August 16, 202124176 mph
September 12, 202323990 mph
August 3, 202621187 mph
July 24, 202421875 mph
August 25, 202520067 mph
August 12, 201820072 mph
August 8, 201820575 mph
August 3, 201720175 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Arizona

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
August 14, 1996255115 mph
July 4, 199621115 mph
August 23, 201021107 mph
July 14, 200262105 mph
July 19, 200941104 mph
September 19, 199954104 mph
August 16, 199921104 mph
January 21, 201062101 mph
August 29, 199681101 mph
July 17, 2022302100 mph

Arizona damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*202100787 mph48
2025134113390 mph34
20241741601378 mph47
20231611491390 mph37
202226423914100 mph55
20212262101491 mph43
20207667381 mph29
20199783476 mph32
20181851771590 mph37
2017116106483 mph36
20167774489 mph33
20151721611281 mph50
20141091011886 mph31
20139993782 mph33
20121081021481 mph45
2011117110790 mph45
201011210918107 mph29
2009777312104 mph34
200898941892 mph41
200779781586 mph34
200682821492 mph45
20056969786 mph35
20045858893 mph27
20036363499 mph28
2002493210105 mph21
20016751892 mph32
20005045683 mph29
1999646123104 mph32
19987054594 mph31
199791791092 mph38
1996998911115 mph36
199559244100 mph26
1994683914100 mph34
1993267192 mph18
19924812175 mph29
1991278072 mph17
19905018579 mph26
1989255071 mph21
19883614381 mph23
1987216070 mph16
198649213100 mph32
1985157390 mph12
19841710068 mph11
198344241092 mph15
19822216070 mph11
198115115100 mph11
198019143100 mph13
19791813486 mph12
197821163100 mph11
19771810182 mph14
19762310490 mph15
1975265177 mph18
1974248286 mph21
1973103069 mph8
1972129070 mph8
19711412398 mph10
1970124178 mph10
1969134071 mph11
196892063 mph8
196783181 mph8
196664175 mph6
196572177 mph7
196454064 mph5
1963122059 mph9
196242059 mph4
1961199282 mph12
19603–––3
195993392 mph7
195861074 mph6
19574–––4
19564–––4
195542071 mph4

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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