Wyoming

Storm History: Platte County, Wyoming

982 episodes, 1,832 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Platte 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
1,832
Deaths
2
Injuries
6
Damage
$1.7 million
Episodes
982

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 Wind86310$96,000
Hail27200$91,000
Tornado17805$663,000
Winter Storm16601
Heavy Snow8900
Flash Flood7200$228,000
Blizzard6910
Thunderstorm Wind4400$510,000
Winter Weather4100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2200
Flood400$6,000
Wildfire400
Dust Storm300$70,000
Heavy Rain200
Lightning100$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Freezing Fog100

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 Platte County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Platte CountyEvery warning in Platte 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.