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Utah damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 1,315 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Utah, 1,306 of them 58 mph or more and 77 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 280 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was May 13, 2026 (61 reports in Utah). The highest wind on record is 106 mph, on August 1, 2006. 2026 so far: 225 preliminary reports.

1,315wind reports 2016–2025
1,30658 mph or more
7775 mph or more
106 mphhighest on record
2252026 preliminary reports

Utah's biggest wind day since 2016: May 13, 2026

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

61 damaging wind reports in Utah, 6 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 151991: 131992: 281993: 431994: 471995: 161996: 111997: 151998: 271999: 42000: 72001: 142002: 242003: 112004: 82005: 522006: 422007: 452008: 222009: 442010: 372011: 542012: 252013: 582014: 672015: 672016: 1132017: 502018: 292019: 582020: 1052021: 1332022: 1682023: 2672024: 2292025: 163199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 267
Damaging wind reports per year in Utah, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Utah

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
May 13, 202661693 mph
May 11, 202557475 mph
July 3, 2023461190 mph
August 21, 202140072 mph
May 30, 202031192 mph
June 5, 202030074 mph
July 25, 202426276 mph
May 2, 202224074 mph
August 2, 202321177 mph
September 22, 2016203101 mph
September 29, 202417177 mph
June 19, 202217178 mph
August 17, 202117178 mph
July 24, 202316175 mph
June 6, 201916072 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Utah

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
August 1, 200633106 mph
May 31, 199494105 mph
September 9, 199122104 mph
September 22, 2016203101 mph
August 29, 202682100 mph
July 23, 20021198 mph
December 31, 20055297 mph
July 13, 20245196 mph
August 13, 202611393 mph
May 13, 202661693 mph

Utah damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*22520315100 mph41
20251631631187 mph36
20242292241396 mph49
20232672662090 mph43
2022168167891 mph29
2021133133378 mph31
2020105105792 mph17
20195858381 mph16
20182929177 mph10
20175048493 mph21
20161131137101 mph28
20156766681 mph28
20146765277 mph26
20135857381 mph27
20122525378 mph14
20115454583 mph21
20103736276 mph16
20094444579 mph22
20082222279 mph11
20074544277 mph19
2006424214106 mph15
200552521997 mph16
200488281 mph5
20031111181 mph9
20022424398 mph13
20011414378 mph7
200077069 mph7
199942058 mph3
19982725183 mph19
19971515072 mph8
19961110485 mph7
19951614192 mph12
199447366105 mph18
19934340781 mph15
199228251087 mph15
199113126104 mph11
19901514175 mph11
1989108178 mph7
19882322381 mph14
19871513070 mph10
19861312074 mph8
19852221291 mph15
19842419177 mph18
1983166068 mph7
198298175 mph7
198142074 mph4
198065281 mph6
197931070 mph2
197844074 mph3
197743067 mph4
19761010291 mph5
197551063 mph2
1973126175 mph9
197222071 mph2
197122181 mph2
197075179 mph3
196986074 mph6
196874071 mph5
196754068 mph5
196622070 mph2
196564064 mph6
196432063 mph3
196321193 mph1
196211058 mph1
196122070 mph2
19584–––4
195711175 mph1
195621177 mph2

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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