Storms in Utah in 2005

443 events in 162 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Utah in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Utah in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 443
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 35
Damage: $300 million
Episodes: 162

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
Heavy Snow	96	1	0	$40,000
Drought	84	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	52	0	2	$40,000
Winter Weather	37	0	0
Flash Flood	28	0	0	$51,000
Flood	19	0	0	$101,000
Hail	19	0	0	$24,000
Winter Storm	18	2	8
Heavy Rain	15	0	0
Frost/Freeze	12	0	0
High Wind	10	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	9	0	0
Strong Wind	8	0	0	$40,000
Debris Flow	7	0	0	$26,000
Lightning	7	1	0	$5,000
Avalanche	6	3	13	$300 million
Dense Fog	5	0	12	$32,000
Tornado	4	0	0	$23,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Ice Storm	2	0	0
Heat	1	1	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2005

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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.