Utah

Storm History: San Juan County, Utah

857 episodes, 1,366 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in San Juan 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
1,366
Deaths
4
Injuries
1
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
857

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought47100
Winter Storm21900$20,000
Winter Weather18500
Heavy Snow8800
Flash Flood8511$1.8 million
Frost/Freeze8200
Wildfire3400$15 million
Dense Fog3100
Debris Flow2900$66,000
Heavy Rain2100$40,000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$191,000
High Wind1700$22,000
Tornado1400$23,000
Hail1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Funnel Cloud1000
Flood900$22,000
Blizzard900
Avalanche520
Cold/Wind Chill400
Excessive Heat410
Strong Wind300$14,000
Lightning200$101,000
Heat200
Dust Storm100

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 San Juan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in San Juan CountyEvery warning in San Juan County since 1986Every 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.