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Radar: Phoenix AZ
33.28 N - 111.67W
Period: 1980 - 2006      Range: 124 nm

Database Overview
All reports in the domain All severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Blue dots represent damaging wind, green dots represent large hail, and red dots represent tornadoes. [Click to enlarge]
  All Rpts Sig Rpts Avg Days
Hail
493
 13 11
Wind
1076
 139 22
Tornadoes
73
 3 2
Total
1642
 155 29
Significant severe reports Significant severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Only tornadoes F2 or stronger, wind gusts of 65 knots or stronger, and hail of 2" diameter or larger are plotted. [Click to enlarge]
Category
Rank*
Freq/mi2
Any Severe
N/A
1:794
Sig Severe
N/A
1:8,414
Tornadoes
N/A
1:17,866
F2+ Torn
N/A
1:434,745
* Compared to 141 national radar coverage areas studied.

Annual Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
Plot of annual severe weather reports in the search area. The dashed magenta line denotes a 5 year running average of all reports.

20 year report increase: 133%
10 year report increase: -14%
5 year report increase: 25%
See annual table below

Daily Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of daily severe weather reports in the search area. Lines denote a 7 day running mean.

Maximum daily value:
1.2 on 15 Aug

Primary Season:
Jun 27 - Sep 20
See monthly table below

Hourly Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of hourly severe weather reports in the search area. Values are in percent of total, and have been rounded to the nearest hour (UTC).

Maximum hourly value:
13% at 01 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.000%
N/A
N/A
F2+ Tornado
0.000%
N/A
N/A
This table represents the average annual probability and return interval of each event for any point within the search domain.
Read details of computational method

Annual Totals
Year
Hail
Wind
Tornado
Total
 
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
1980
1
1
16
10
0
0
1
11
1981
4
4
12
9
3
2
10
13
1982
10
7
20
12
1
1
12
17
1983
7
4
35
13
2
2
11
16
1984
6
5
16
10
4
3
14
15
1985
4
3
11
9
3
1
10
11
1986
8
5
39
24
2
2
12
31
1987
7
3
17
11
1
1
9
13
1988
1
1
31
22
1
1
3
23
1989
0
0
21
17
1
1
2
18
1990
5
5
36
24
2
2
9
27
1991
4
4
16
13
2
2
8
19
1992
17
10
38
26
10
6
37
34
1993
10
5
21
16
8
7
26
25
1994
18
13
62
33
4
3
26
39
1995
21
11
53
24
2
2
25
34
1996
40
22
89
35
3
3
46
43
1997
22
15
72
32
2
2
26
39
1998
28
15
53
24
1
1
30
32
1999
36
16
54
30
5
3
46
39
2000
23
16
41
27
0
0
23
33
2001
27
20
61
31
3
2
33
45
2002
24
10
41
23
0
0
24
27
2003
42
28
58
24
6
4
54
41
2004
32
20
49
25
3
3
38
36
2005
47
26
52
29
1
1
49
42
2006
49
29
62
36
3
3
55
55
AVG
18
11
40
22
3
2
61
29


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
0
0
0
1
Feb
0
0
0
1
Mar
0
0
0
1
Apr
0
0
0
0
May
0
1
0
1
Jun
1
2
0
2
Jul
4
13
0
18
Aug
5
18
1
23
Sep
5
5
1
10
Oct
1
1
0
2
Nov
0
0
0
0
Dec
0
0
0
0

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
68
136
8
212
01
47
167
5
219
02
29
166
4
199
03
20
122
3
145
04
8
73
0
81
05
4
56
1
61
06
1
22
0
23
07
2
10
0
12
08
4
12
0
16
09
2
11
0
13
10
2
4
0
6
11
1
2
0
3
12
1
2
0
3
13
2
0
0
2
14
1
3
1
5
15
6
5
2
13
16
5
4
1
10
17
3
5
5
13
18
17
8
2
27
19
33
12
4
49
20
44
16
9
69
21
54
43
8
105
22
61
87
13
161
23
78
110
7
195

Click Here for tabular data (F2+ tornadoes).
Page Updated: Saturday 10-27-2007
If you have comments regarding this information, contact John Hart of the Storm Prediction Center.
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