Utah

Storms in Utah in 2020

280 events in 74 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Utah in 2020, 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 2020 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
280
Deaths
4
Injuries
27
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
74

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 Wind10500
High Wind3600
Drought3500
Heavy Snow27124$8.6 million
Winter Weather1700
Hail1301
Dense Fog1100
Flash Flood1122$5.4 million
Frost/Freeze700
Winter Storm500
Heavy Rain500
Wildfire300
Debris Flow200
Avalanche110
Lightning100
Excessive Heat100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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November 2020

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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.