Apache County, Arizona tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Apache County from 1957 to 2025, 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 Apache County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Apache County, Arizona between 1957 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is October, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF0 on 13 September 2022. The most recent was on 4 June 2025.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 15per 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 Apache County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01694%
F1 / EF100%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating16%

Apache County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s11960s11970s22000s72010s32020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s2
2000s7
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May1Jun2Jul3Aug3Sep3Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun2
Jul3
Aug3
Sep3
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Apache County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Arizona tornado13 September 2022, EF0, 7.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Arizona tornado4 June 2025, Unknown rating, 0.5 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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