Storm History: Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sweetwater 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
- 864
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $2.5 million
- Episodes
- 576
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 273 | 0 | 0 | $106,000 |
| Winter Storm | 270 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 106 | 0 | 11 | $43,000 |
| Tornado | 39 | 0 | 0 | $306,000 |
| Blizzard | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 29 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 | $715,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 0 | $261,000 |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Avalanche | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2021
- Hail, April 25, 2009
- Wildfire, April 13, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2007
- Tornado, July 7, 2015
- Tornado, April 14, 2000
- High Wind, January 19, 2012
- Tornado, June 27, 1974
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2015
- High Wind, January 6, 2009
- High Wind, May 3, 2010
- Winter Storm, October 16, 2016
- High Wind, May 28, 2010
- High Wind, January 27, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 1995
- High Wind, March 22, 2011
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 episode, newest first
- High Wind, June 29, 2026
- High Wind, June 26, 2026
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
- High Wind, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, May 17, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2026
- High Wind, April 22, 2026
- High Wind, March 17, 2026
- Heat, March 17, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- High Wind, March 11, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2026
- High Wind, February 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 24, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Heat, December 1, 2025
- High Wind, October 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2025
- Hail, July 5, 2025
- Tornado, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 17, 2025
- High Wind, March 22, 2025
- High Wind, March 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2025
- High Wind, February 24, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2025
- High Wind, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, September 18, 2024
- Tornado, September 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2024
- High Wind, May 17, 2024
- High Wind, May 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, May 5, 2024
- High Wind, April 5, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, November 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Tornado, June 23, 2023
- Hail, May 26, 2023
- High Wind, April 18, 2023
- Blizzard, April 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2023
- High Wind, February 20, 2023
- Blizzard, February 19, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 4, 2022
- Heat, September 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2022
- High Wind, May 19, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- High Wind, May 10, 2022
- Blizzard, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2022
- High Wind, January 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- High Wind, December 29, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2021
- High Wind, December 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 10, 2021
- High Wind, December 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, October 11, 2021
- Avalanche, September 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2021
- Heat, July 25, 2021
- Heat, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 11, 2021
- High Wind, June 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2021
- High Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 27, 2021
- High Wind, January 12, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, December 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2020
- High Wind, November 7, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 26, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 16, 2020
- High Wind, October 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, September 7, 2020
- Heat, September 5, 2020
- High Wind, August 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020
- Wildfire, August 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2020
- High Wind, June 14, 2020
- High Wind, June 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 3, 2020
- High Wind, February 14, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- High Wind, January 6, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2020
- High Wind, December 31, 2019
- Blizzard, November 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2019
- Avalanche, October 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2019
- Heat, September 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2019
- High Wind, April 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2019
- High Wind, February 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2019
- High Wind, January 6, 2019
- High Wind, December 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 23, 2018
- High Wind, November 2, 2018
- High Wind, August 26, 2018
- Strong Wind, June 23, 2018
- Tornado, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- High Wind, February 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- High Wind, February 13, 2018
- High Wind, February 2, 2018
- High Wind, January 30, 2018
- High Wind, January 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2018
- High Wind, January 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2017
- High Wind, November 28, 2017
- High Wind, November 26, 2017
- High Wind, November 23, 2017
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2017
- High Wind, October 31, 2017
- High Wind, October 21, 2017
- High Wind, October 20, 2017
- High Wind, October 6, 2017
- High Wind, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, June 12, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Winter Storm, May 17, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 26, 2017
- Blizzard, March 31, 2017
- Flood, March 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2017
- High Wind, March 1, 2017
- Blizzard, February 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2017
- High Wind, January 30, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2017
- High Wind, December 29, 2016
- High Wind, December 26, 2016
- High Wind, December 23, 2016
- High Wind, December 18, 2016
- High Wind, December 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2016
- High Wind, October 30, 2016
- Winter Storm, October 16, 2016
- High Wind, October 13, 2016
- High Wind, October 3, 2016
- Funnel Cloud, October 1, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- Wildfire, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire, July 17, 2016
- Hail, June 12, 2016
- Winter Storm, April 25, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 28, 2016
- High Wind, February 27, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 15, 2016
- High Wind, February 13, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2015
- High Wind, December 17, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2015
- High Wind, December 8, 2015
- High Wind, December 6, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2015
- High Wind, November 17, 2015
- High Wind, November 3, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- High Wind, September 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2015
- Tornado, July 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2015
- Winter Storm, May 9, 2015
- Winter Storm, April 15, 2015
- High Wind, April 14, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Sweetwater CountyEvery warning in Sweetwater 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.