Utah

Storms in Utah in 2016

348 events in 78 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Utah in 2016, 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 2016 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
348
Deaths
6
Injuries
25
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
78

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind11300$22,000
Winter Storm8012
High Wind3720$2.5 million
Hail2803$118,000
Winter Weather2712
Flash Flood2500$1.0 million
Dense Fog1100
Heavy Snow500
Heavy Rain500
Frost/Freeze400
Wildfire3011$3.4 million
Tornado305$6.4 million
Avalanche211
Flood200$50,000
Debris Flow100
Lightning111
Strong Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

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September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

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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.