Wyoming

Storm History: Laramie County, Wyoming

1,583 episodes, 5,366 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Laramie 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
5,366
Deaths
4
Injuries
83
Damage
$71 million
Episodes
1,583

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
High Wind2,825128$552,000
Hail88803$43 million
Winter Storm38001
Tornado342142$26 million
Flash Flood22700$1.1 million
Heavy Snow21114
Blizzard14110
Winter Weather13500
Thunderstorm Wind13301$23,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4300
Flood1100$52,000
Heavy Rain600
Dust Storm604$180,000
Funnel Cloud500
Wildfire300$250,000
Dense Fog300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Freezing Fog200
Heat200
Lightning100

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 Laramie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Laramie CountyEvery warning in Laramie 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.