Lightning in Wyoming

Events

54

Deaths

10

Injuries

81

Damage

$1.2 million

• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 19992 deaths · 1 eventLightning killed two hikers on Medicine Bow peak northwest of Centennial, WY, about 150 to 200feet below the summit at an altitude just over 12,000 feet.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 21, 20101 death · 17 injured · 1 eventMidday thunderstorms peppered Grand Teton mountain with lightning causing 17 injuries.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 26, 20031 death · 5 injured · 1 eventOne person died and five were seriously injured when they were struck by lightning while climbing Grand Teton.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 10, 19981 death · 1 injured · 1 eventA woman was killed by a lightning bolt while hiking in the Snowy Range. A friend that was hiking with her was injured. The two were trying to get to lower levels of the mountains after spotting the storm, but the storm caught them in the open.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 16, 20031 death · 1 injured · 1 eventLightning struck two hikers twice. After the first strike, they awaited for the storm to pass. They were then struck a second time as they waited.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 2, 20221 death · 1 injured · 1 eventAn evening thunderstorm developed over the Teton Wilderness. Lightning struck a group of backpackers camped at Enos Lake. One person died in the incident, while another sustained major injuries.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, September 17, 20021 death · 1 eventLightning struck a tree and woman standing under it at the Pickaroon Campground inMedicine Bow National Forest.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 20, 20101 death · 1 eventLightning struck and killed a man southwest of Meeteetse.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 11, 20101 death · 1 eventA Sheridan man died after being struck by lightning in the Big Horn Mountains. The man died at a Billings hospital from cardiac arrest, one day after the lightning strike. A U.S. Forest Service employee found the 63 year old man in an unresponsive state on a Forest Service road.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 21, 200511 injured · 1 eventLightning struck about 15 yards from a boardwalk encircling Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. The strike injured eleven bystanders who were awaiting the eruption of the famous geyser.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 1, 20109 injured · 1 eventLightning injured nine visitors at Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 5, 1996$300,000 · 1 eventLightning sparked a fire that consumed 5000 acres by the time it was contained on August 12. Several buildings were destroyed.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 9, 2001$250,000 · 1 eventLightning struck a building in downtown Moorcroft. The fire ignited the building, a sporting goods store. Most of the building was destroyed.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 13, 2011$200,000 · 1 eventA thunderstorm sparked a fire at a home north of Riverton. There were no injuries but the home was declared a total loss.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 30, 2009$150,000 · 1 eventA lightning strike occurred about 20 miles west of Casper igniting a fire at an oil field.
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 8, 20016 injured · $10,000 · 2.5 in hail · 4 eventsA thunderstorm moved across Crook County producing very large hail. Hail ranging in size from pennies to tennis balls pelted Devil's Tower for 40 minutes. Four injuries (direct) were climbers on Devil's Tower who where hit by hail.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 1, 20005 injured · 1 eventCampers injured near Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 22, 20025 injured · 1 eventA boat was hit by lightning. The lightning blasted a hole in the boat floor.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 8, 2006$65,000 · 1 eventLightning struck the peak of a roof at a house on Platte River Road igniting a fire within the structure. Smoke quickly spread throughout the house and into the attic. A portion of the home's cement foundation was blown apart.
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 16, 2019$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 eventsA severe thunderstorm formed in the Big Horn Basin. A 63 mph wind gust was reported at the Greybull, Wyomin airport when an outflow boundary from the storm moved through. In Yellowstone Park, a lightning strike on Mount Holmes set the historic fire lookout on fire.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 8, 20014 injured · 1 eventOil field workers.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 25, 20144 injured · 1 eventFour golfers competing in a Wednesday evening league were affected by lightning that struck the green they had just completed playing. The golfers were leaving the 3rd green at the Powell Golf Club near Garland when lightning struck.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 18, 2010$42,000 · 1 eventA lightning strike caused a fire which burned a haystack at a ranch near Cora.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 2, 2009$40,000 · 1 eventLightning struck several tanks southeast of Riverton causing at least two to explode.
• Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 6, 2010$40,000 · 1 eventLightning struck a haystack north of Missouri Valley eventually causing a large fire.

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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.