Storms in Wyoming in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wyoming in 1979, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Wyoming in 1979 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 75
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 29
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 42 | 1 | 40 | $28 million |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1979
June 1979
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 14, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 15, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 16, 1979
- Hail in Wyoming, June 17, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 18, 1979
- Hail in Wyoming, June 21, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, June 27, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 28, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 1979
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 4, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 6, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, July 16, 1979
- Hail in Wyoming, July 19, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 25, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 26, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, July 27, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 28, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wyoming, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, August 1, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, August 14, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, August 28, 1979
September 1979
More
Every year in WyomingEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Wyoming in 197919781980
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.