Wyoming

Storm History: Niobrara County, Wyoming

339 episodes, 449 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Niobrara 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
449
Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
339

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
Hail19200$33,000
Tornado6605$935,000
Winter Storm3900
High Wind3400$1,000
Flash Flood2300$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind2100$21,000
Heavy Snow2100
Winter Weather1700
Blizzard1600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning200$8,000
Heavy Rain200
Ice Storm100
Freezing Fog100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Niobrara County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Niobrara CountyEvery warning in Niobrara 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.