Every storm NOAA has recorded in Utah since January 1996 — wind, hail, snow and flooding — searchable by county, type and year. 11,426 events. Each one links back to its original NOAA record.
Most people land here trying to find the date a storm hit their house. Filter to your county, then match the date to when you first noticed damage.
13 events in Salt Lake during 1997
Clear all filtersHeavy rain later caused problems in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The runoff caused the main roadway to be undermined. This forced a 9 hour closure of the road well into the night.
NOAA record 5622887 ↗Heavy rain fell in this 40 minute time span in the Sugar House area. Street flooding caused a low portion of Interstate-80 near 1300 East to temporarily close. Other minor street flooding occurred in the area. A spotter in Sugar House measured 1.24" of rain in this 40 minute time span.
NOAA record 5622886 ↗A severe thunderstorm tracked across the northern Salt Lake Valley. The storm began in West Valley City with 1" diameter hail. It then tracked into downtown Salt Lake City where 3/4" hail was measured at 7the South & State Street. The last report of severe hail came from the University of Utah Meteorology Department where 1" diameter hail was again measured. There were a few reports of minor d
NOAA record 5622883 ↗A severe thunderstorm dropped 1" diameter hail from Beck Street into North Salt Lake.
NOAA record 5622882 ↗Every entry comes from the NOAA / NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal record of severe weather in the United States. We reproduce it here filtered to Utah and made searchable — we do not edit, add to, or interpret the records. Where NOAA lists a wind speed in knots we show it in miles per hour; everything else is verbatim.
Locations are NOAA's own county and National Weather Service forecast-zone names, which is why you will see both Salt Lake and Wasatch Mountains South of I-80. A storm not listed here was not necessarily absent — it means NOAA has no recorded report for it, which is common for isolated hail.
11,426 events · 1996–2026 · last updated August 26, 2026. Free to use and cite — a link back is appreciated but not required.
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