Tornado History Map

Yuma County, Arizona tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Yuma County from 1959 to 2018, 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 Yuma County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Yuma County, Arizona between 1959 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 17 August 1959. The most recent was on 13 October 2018.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 24per 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 Yuma County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0754%
F1 / EF1538%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Yuma County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1950s11960s21970s51980s32000s12010s1

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s5
1980s3
2000s1
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Sep.Jan0Feb2Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul2Aug2Sep5Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug2
Sep5
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Yuma County

  • Strongest: Arizona tornado17 August 1959, F2, 1 injury, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Arizona tornado10 August 2006, F0, 10 miles long
  • Most recent: Arizona tornado13 October 2018, EF0, 0.1 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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