NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lander, WY
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Lander, Wyoming since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Lander
The strongest of the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 16, 1962; its path came within 14 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on September 30, 2004. Of the 35 Wyoming cities on this site, 71% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lander. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 21 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Lander has more hail reports within 10 miles than 54% of the 35 Wyoming cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lander
By decade
- 2000s1
- 1990s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s2(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1962 | F3 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 27, 1973 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1997 | F1 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1967 | F1 | 19 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 30, 2004 | F0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lander
The Storm Prediction Center has 21 hail reports within 10 miles of Lander since 1958, made on 14 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently July 28, 2009. The most recent report is from June 23, 2023. September has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lander
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Lander 11 SSE, WY, 4 miles southwest of Lander at 5,773 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 13°F. May is the wettest at 2.8 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 16.2 inches over 39 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 24 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 175 nights a year. That 16.2 inches is more than at 24 of the 32 Wyoming stations used on this site (75%). Riverton, 24 miles northeast, has its own station (Riverton, WY): 9.5 inches a year, 6.7 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 13 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Feb | 37 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Mar | 48 | 25 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Apr | 55 | 31 | 2.4 | 5 |
| May | 65 | 40 | 2.8 | 6 |
| Jun | 77 | 48 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Jul | 86 | 56 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Aug | 85 | 55 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Sep | 74 | 46 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Oct | 58 | 33 | 1.6 | 4 |
| Nov | 44 | 23 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Dec | 34 | 14 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Year | 58 | 33 | 16.2 | 39 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Lander 11 SSE, WY (5,773 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Lander
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 69 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lander: 61 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 4 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $245,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 89 mph, on July 3, 2023.
July 3, 2023: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lander — 1 killed.
NWS: “A line of thunderstorms moved eastward across the Wind River Basin and Lander Foothills and brought high wind gusts. The maximum gust reported was 69 mph at the Riverton airport.”
July 25, 2007: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Lander — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “70 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes in Red Canyon. The learning center at Red Canyon Ranch was inundated with six inches of mud and water causing extensive damage.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Fremont County, which includes Lander, has been named in 6 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 2010, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 fire, 1 severe storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 11, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Fremont County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.6 million a year, the 7th highest of 23 Wyoming counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.0 million (54%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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