Wyoming

Storm History: Hot Springs County, Wyoming

401 episodes, 492 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hot Springs County, Wyoming: 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
492
Deaths
2
Injuries
2
Damage
$2.8 million
Episodes
401

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
Winter Storm15400
High Wind11200$50,000
Hail6700$1.0 million
Heavy Snow4000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$28,000
Blizzard1900
Tornado1700$75,000
Flash Flood1300$1.6 million
Wildfire1311
Cold/Wind Chill1100$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Funnel Cloud400
Avalanche311
Flood200$2,000
Dense Fog100
Excessive Heat100
Strong Wind100$50,000

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 Hot Springs County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hot Springs CountyEvery warning in Hot Springs County since 1986Every county in Wyoming

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.