Wyoming

Storm History: Washakie County, Wyoming

320 episodes, 405 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washakie 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
405
Deaths
6
Injuries
1
Damage
$2.3 million
Episodes
320

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
Winter Storm12700
Hail5200
Heavy Snow4400$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind3701$42,000
Tornado2900$198,000
Blizzard2300
High Wind1800$2,000
Flash Flood1300$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Flood1100$517,000
Wildfire900$100,000
Funnel Cloud800
Heat700
Avalanche650
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Debris Flow200$402,000
Dense Fog100
Winter Weather110
Excessive Heat100

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 Washakie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washakie CountyEvery warning in Washakie 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.