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For the last few years, the economic and strategic importance of the Azov-Black Sea coast has significantly in-creased. Development of ports and resort towns as well as coastal infrastructure requires hydrometeorological facili-ties of high quality. This is especially urgent, because a whole complex of hazardous weather phenomena (HWP) with serious ecological consequences is typical for this area. In this regard, the work was aimed at studying the HWP and their zoning of the Azov-Black Sea coast of Russia according to the frequency they occur. The research is based on the data obtained by the North Caucasus Department of Hydrometeorology and Envi-ronmental Monitoring for the period 2005-2017, as well as the materials of the scientific and applied reference book "Climate of Russia" for the period 1977-2005. To assess the frequency of HWP on the Azov-Black Sea coast in Rostov and Krasnodar Regions, the method of credit point assessments and classifications has been used. Based on the research, a database of spreadsheets and GIS maps of indicators of hazardous weather events has been created. Special attention was paid to the HWP which had a great impact on human life: fogs, thunderstorms and rainfalls, hail, snowstorm, frost, glacial phenomena, and strong wind. The analysis of their spatial distribution has been carried out, current trends in development have been revealed, and the zoning of the Azov-Black Sea coast has been made according to the degree of HWP to improve forecasting, prevention and avoiding hazardous events. Five geoecological zones have been recognized: 1) North-Taganrog zone with a very strong degree of HWP that is typical for the North Taganrog Gulf; 2) Scherbinovskaya zone with a strong degree of HWP that have been recorded on the South coast of the Taganrog Gulf; 3) East-Azov zone, the average degree of HWP; 4) Azov-Temryuk-Gelendzhik zone with a weak degree of HWP; 5) East-Black Sea Region with a very weak degree of HWP.