PlainHazard

County storm and disaster records

Every one of the 3,266 U.S. counties and county equivalents has a page with its NOAA storm record from 1950 through June 30, 2026, its FEMA disaster declarations, flood insurance claims and FEMA's modeled risk. Albany County, WY has the longest record (6,260 storm events).

The counties with the most storm events

  1. Albany County, WY 6,260
  2. Kern County, CA 5,583
  3. Laramie County, WY 5,081
  4. Carbon County, WY 4,852
  5. Garfield County, CO 4,769
  6. Fresno County, CA 4,725
  7. Maui County, HI 4,684
  8. Maricopa County, AZ 4,461
  9. Honolulu County, HI 3,909
  10. Kauai County, HI 3,693
  11. Mesa County, CO 3,661
  12. El Paso County, CO 3,660
  13. San Bernardino County, CA 3,395
  14. Cook County, IL 3,347
  15. Pennington County, SD 3,309
  16. Routt County, CO 3,229
  17. Tarrant County, TX 3,212
  18. Sedgwick County, KS 3,150
  19. Tulare County, CA 3,121
  20. Moffat County, CO 3,046

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through June 30, 2026 (forecast-zone records count on every county the zone covers); large counties collect more records.

Counties by state