Tornado History Map

Mohave County, Arizona tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Mohave County from 1972 to 2022, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Mohave County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Mohave County, Arizona between 1972 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 22 November 1996. The most recent was on 21 August 2022.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 14per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Mohave County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01053%
F1 / EF1842%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating15%

Mohave County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1970s51980s21990s72000s12010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s5
1980s2
1990s7
2000s1
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr2May0Jun0Jul3Aug6Sep1Oct1Nov4Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul3
Aug6
Sep1
Oct1
Nov4
Dec1

Records for Mohave County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Arizona tornado22 November 1996, F1, 5 miles long
  • Most recent: Arizona tornado21 August 2022, Unknown rating, 0 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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