NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Saratoga, 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 Saratoga, Wyoming since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Saratoga
The strongest of the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on July 2, 1976; its path came within 20 miles. Of the 7, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on June 6, 2020. Of the 35 Wyoming cities on this site, 60% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Saratoga.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Saratoga
By decade
- 2020s1
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1970s1
- 1960s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1976 | F2 | 20 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 2020 | EF1 | 19 mi | 1.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 1967 | F1 | 19 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1966 | F1 | 14 mi | 7.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1997 | F0 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1982 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1960 | F0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Saratoga
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Saratoga since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Saratoga
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Elk Mountain, WY, 23 miles northeast of Saratoga at 7,265 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 50°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 15°F. May is the wettest at 1.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and August the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 13.0 inches over 35 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 198 nights a year. Snowfall averages 93.3 inches a year, most of it in April. That 13.0 inches is more than at 17 of the 32 Wyoming stations used on this site (53%).
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 15 | 0.7 | 2 | 9.0 |
| Feb | 37 | 15 | 0.8 | 3 | 15.1 |
| Mar | 45 | 23 | 1.3 | 3 | 13.2 |
| Apr | 52 | 28 | 1.5 | 4 | 17.0 |
| May | 62 | 36 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.1 |
| Jun | 75 | 43 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 82 | 50 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 80 | 48 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 40 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 58 | 31 | 1.3 | 4 | 11.6 |
| Nov | 44 | 22 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.4 |
| Dec | 35 | 15 | 0.9 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Year | 56 | 30 | 13.0 | 35 | 93.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Elk Mountain, WY (7,265 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Carbon County, which includes Saratoga, has been named in 5 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 2011, 2 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 1 severe storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 11, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Carbon County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.4 million a year, the 10th highest of 23 Wyoming counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.2 million (50%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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