Storm History: Duchesne County, Utah

130 episodes, 172 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Duchesne County, Utah: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events: 172
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 9
Damage: $1.4 million
Episodes: 130

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Heavy Snow	39	1	2	$40,000
Flash Flood	38	1	2	$458,000
Hail	22	0	0	$80,000
Thunderstorm Wind	21	0	0	$103,000
Winter Storm	17	1	1	$80,000
Tornado	11	0	0	$150,000
Avalanche	6	1	0
Flood	4	0	0	$100,000
Lightning	3	2	2	$200,000
High Wind	3	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Dust Storm	2	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0
Excessive Heat	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$5,000
Winter Weather	1	1	2	$150,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Duchesne County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Tornadoes in Duchesne County Every warning in Duchesne County since 1986 Every county in Utah

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.