NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 04013MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

MARICOPA · AZ

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Maricopa during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports19NOAA county-coded rows
Population context0.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 4,559,748
Injuries3direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

19 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.9-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20162
20182
20191
20201
20213
20224
20233
20241
20252
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$701Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$50Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-10-22NOAA 1,296,468Broadcast Media$10K
2025-07-02NOAA 1,261,757Broadcast Media$100K
2024-07-24NOAA 1,202,341Public$20K
2023-08-31NOAA 1,132,537Broadcast Media$500
2023-08-31NOAA 1,132,527Broadcast Media$500
2023-07-30NOAA 1,121,446Broadcast Media$50K
2022-10-15NOAA 1,061,583Public$5K
2022-10-15NOAA 1,061,370Broadcast Media$0
READING THE RECORD

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