Utah

Storms in Utah in 2021

546 events in 98 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Utah in 2021, 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 2021 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
546
Deaths
16
Injuries
18
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
98

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 Wind13301$61,000
Flash Flood9621$17 million
Drought8400
Heavy Snow4500
High Wind3300
Excessive Heat2300
Winter Weather2200
Hail2100
Debris Flow1900$187,000
Winter Storm1500$350,000
Flood1500
Heavy Rain1000
Frost/Freeze800
Wildfire500$1.5 million
Heat400
Tornado4813$6.0 million
Avalanche361
Dense Fog200
Lightning202
Dust Storm100
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

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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.