White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties storm history
Storm events recorded in White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties, Arizona between 1950 and 2025.
97
Total events
0
Tornadoes
0
Hail
0
Floods
0
Deaths
$50K
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
Drought Drought
For the month of November, Graham county ranked the 17th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 19th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings continued to range between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of November.
Drought Drought
For the month of October, Graham county ranked the 12th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 15th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of October.
Drought Drought
For the month of October, Graham county ranked the 12th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 15th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to range between the 30th and 70th percentile for the month of October.
Drought Drought
For the month of September, Graham county ranked the 9th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 11th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings decreased to range between the 1st and 10th percentile for the month of September.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Harrington Wildfire was discovered on August 23rd along the Black River in the San Carlos Reservation. The Harrington wildfire reached 1100 acres with no damage to property or injury. As of this publication, the cause of the wildfire is undetermined and is still burning.
Wildfire Wildfire
The Fishhook Wildfire was discovered on August 19th in the White Mountains, just east of Hannigan Meadow and was caused naturally, with no specific details. The Fishhook wildfire reached 829 acres with no damage to property or injury. As of this publication the wildfire is still …
Drought Drought
For the month of August, Graham county ranked the 4th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 17th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the 5th and 10th percentile for the month of August.
Drought Drought
The Exceptional Drought (D4) category was introduced during the month of July in the White Mountains. For the month of July, Graham county ranked the 22nd driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 49th driest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings i…
Drought Drought
Extreme Drought (D3) continued in the White Mountains in the month of June. For the month of June, Graham county ranked the 41st wettest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 52nd wettest for the period of record. Soil moisture readings increased to between the …
Drought Drought
The extreme (D3) drought category continued in Graham and Greenlee counties in May. The drought area remained the same. For the month of May, Graham county ranked the 57th driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 50th direst for the period of record. Soil mo…
Drought Drought
The extreme (D3) drought category continued in eastern sections of the White Mountains in Graham and Greenlee Counties. The drought area remained the same. For the month of April, Graham county ranked the 32nd driest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 27th dr…
Drought Drought
The extreme (D3) drought category continued in western sections of southeast Arizona during March. The drought area remained the same. For the month of March, Graham county ranked the 47th wettest for the period of record and Greenlee county ranked the 64th driest for the period …
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Heavy snow with strong gusty winds occurred in northern Greenlee County. The Hannagan Meadow SNOTEL recorded 13 inches of snow.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
About 12 inches of snow occurred in Hannagan Meadow and surrounding areas of northern Greenlee County. Wind gusts also exceeded 40 mph.
Winter Weather Winter Weather
There was 14 inches of snow at the Hannagan Meadow SNOTEL site.
Wildfire Wildfire
Three separate lightning caused fires in northern Greenlee County, the Corduroy, Boundary, and Willow fires, which had a combined size around 1,000 acres, increased in complexity and became known as the Black River Complex on August 6. A total of 2,357 acres were consumed before …
Wildfire Wildfire
The lightning caused Red Point Tank Fire started on July 17 and burned 5,169 acres on the far east side of the San Carlos Apache Tribe Reservation in eastern Graham County before becoming contained on July 21. Fire suppression costs tallied $300,000.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
About 10 to 12 inches of snow occurred in the Hannagan Meadow area with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were common across the White Mountains along with a storm total of 6 to 12 inches of snow with blizzard-like conditions at times. Portions of Highway 191 were closed.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Strong wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph combined with snowfall totals of 6 to 12 inches occurred over the White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The SNOTEL near Hanngan Meadow recorded about 18 of snow.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
About 12 of snow occurred in the higher elevations of northern Greenlee County in the Hannagan Meadow area.
Wildfire Wildfire
The lightning caused Fish Fire started on June 10 on the Mogollon Rim in northern Greenlee County. The fire grew to 3704 acres in mixed conifer, dead and downed trees, and standing snags within the 2011 Wallow Fire burn scar through June 18. The fire was managed for the remainder…
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Hannagan Meadow received 12 to 14 inches of snow in this winter storm that spanned from 2021 into 2022.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Hannagan Meadow received 12 to 14 inches of snow in this winter storm that spanned from 2021 into 2022.
Drought Drought
A wet August caused the extreme (D3) drought category to cease in parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Graham, Greenlee, and much of Cochise counties--only remaining in far southeast Cochise County, where it eased from the exceptional (D4) drought category present in July. Augu…
Drought Drought
A wet July caused the exceptional (D4) drought category and extreme (D3) drought category to cease across nearly all of southeast Arizona, with exceptional drought only remaining in far southeast Cochise County by the end of the month. The extreme (D3) drought category remained a…
Wildfire Wildfire
The lightning caused Bear Fire started June 16 in the White Mountains in Greenlee County. Thunderstorm outflow wind gusts in excess of 40 mph caused the wildfire to grow to more than 2000 acres on June 20 and resulted in the closure of Highway 191. Rapid fire growth occurred duri…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Horton Fire was the largest of four lightning caused that ignited on June 16 north of Hannagan Meadows in the White Mountains in Greenlee County. The four fires, driven by thunderstorm outflow wind gusts in excess of 40 mph at times, merged into an 11,000 acre fire by June 26…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during June, with the exception of western Pima County. Most areas only tallied 0.5 or less for the month, which is close to normal. A few locations received 1-1.5 of rain,…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during May, with the exception of western Pima County. Rain for the month totaled less than 0.10 inch in most areas with spotty amounts of 0.25 to 0.50 inch on May 20-21. S…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during April, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled less than 0.25 inch, or less than 25 percent of normal, in most areas, b…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during March, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 1.5 inches in some areas or 75 to 125 percent of normal, but many…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during February, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 2.0 inches near the Mogollon Rim or 50 to 100 percent of norma…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Heavy snow accumulations of 12 inches combined with winds gusting to 45 mph caused blowing and drifting snow in the White Mountains. Highway 191 north of Hannagan Meadow was closed.
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during January, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month totaled 0.5 to 1.5 inches, with higher amounts in the form of snow on the high…
Drought Drought
The exceptional (D4) and extreme (D3) drought categories continued across a large part of southeast Arizona during December, with the exception of western Pima County. Precipitation totals for the month, which occurred primarily on December 9-10, totaled 0.10 to 1 inch or about 0…
Drought Drought
The exceptional drought (D4) category, which began in eastern portions of Pima and Pinal counties and western Graham County in October, expanded across all of Graham and Greenlee counties, northern Cochise and Santa Cruz counties and central Pima County during November. The extre…
Wildfire Wildfire
The Cow Canyon Fire was ignited by lightning on August 18th southeast of Blue in Greenlee County. The fire grew only minimally for several weeks until hot, dry and breezy conditions caused more rapid growth toward the end of September, which continued into October when northerly …
Drought Drought
The extreme drought (D3) category, which began in late August and expanded in September, expanded further in October to include all of the Tohono O'odham Nation and all of Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, except for the Huachuca Mountains. Extreme drought continued across all of …
Wildfire Wildfire
The Cow Canyon Fire was ignited by lightning on August 18th southeast of Blue in Greenlee County. The fire grew only minimally for several weeks until hot, dry and breezy conditions caused more rapid growth toward the end of September. By the end of the month the fire had consume…
Drought Drought
The extreme drought (D3) category, which began in late August, continued throughout September across the same sections of southeast Arizona from Tucson north and east, and expanded southward to encompass all of Graham and Greenlee counties along with all but the southwest quarter…
Drought Drought
The extreme drought (D3) category was reached in late August across most of Graham County, northern and central Greenlee County, northwest Cochise County and eastern portions of Pima and Pinal counties, including San Carlos Apache tribal lands, the White Mountains, the Pinaleno M…
Wildfire Wildfire
Lightning ignited the Bringham Fire in the White Mountains 22 miles north of Morenci, on June 6th. The fire spread rapidly, driven by multiple days of strong winds. Over 30 miles of U.S. Highway 191 were closed to traffic for most of the duration of the wildfire. By the end of Ju…
Wildfire Wildfire
Lightning ignited the Bringham Fire in the White Mountains 22 miles north of Morenci, on June 6th. The fire spread rapidly, driven by multiple days of strong winds. Over 30 miles of U.S. Highway 191 were closed to traffic for most of the duration of the wildfire. By the end of th…
Wildfire Wildfire
Lightning started the Dry Lake Fire on San Carlos Apache Tribe lands 22 miles northeast of Bylas on June 5th. The fire was spread rapidly by strong winds and consumed 4369 acres before becoming fully contained June 24th.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snow began on the afternoon of the 18th and became heavy at times, with a foot of snow accumulation reported by mid evening according to the Beaver Head SNOTEL. Snow continued into the early morning hours of the 19th. Total accumulations of 10 to 13 inches were recorded and ADOT …
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Hannagan Meadow in northern Greenlee County received 14 inches of snow.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snow began falling early in the afternoon of March 11th and continued into the 13th. SNOTEL observations reported 12 to 18 of snow at Hannagan Meadow.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Snow began falling on the morning of February 21st and continued into the 22nd. SNOTEL observations reported 25 at Hannagan Meadow and 21 at Beaver Head.
Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 14 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |