Price County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Price County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jul 30, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The strong winds blew down trees and power lines and flipped a boat and trailer, tossing them 71 feet. A tree fell on a house, puncturing holes in the roof. The strong winds also blew a 33-inch diameter pine tree down across a minivan, causing minor injuries to 2 people.

2. Apr 11, 2023Flood$120,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Warm temperatures early in April led to rapid snowmelt of a well above normal snowpack across the region. Additionally, heavy rainfall on top of the snowpack led to additional high runoff across the county as well. Roads began to be impacted on the 12th with water overtopping low spots leading to washouts and failed culverts. Temperatures cooled during the middle of the month along with a heavy snow event the 16th into the 17th. This allowed the runoff to slow and water levels to drop. However, water levels rose again later in the month as this new snow melted as well. Numerous road closures were reported across the entire county due to failed culverts, washouts and gravel roads…

3. Jun 25, 2024Flash Flood$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The heavy rainfall led to washouts along Highway 111 north of the Needle Creek bridge to US Highway 8 leading to the road to be closed.

4. Jul 27, 2023Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A few trees were down across a road. Additionally, widespread tree and powerline damage was reported across the county from the storms.

5. Jun 10, 2020Flash Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches with localized amounts in excess of 5 inches fell over much of Price County. The heavier amounts led to flash flooding in the Town of Knox in the form of washed out roads and shoulders along with damaged culverts. This led to a disaster declaration for the county.

6. Jun 24, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and powerlines were down near Phillips leading to power outages.

7. Dec 15, 2021Strong Wind, Price$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Winds gusting to 40 mph across the county during the night of the 15th into the 16th resulted in widespread reports of trees snapped off and uprooted across the county leading to tree fires and power outages affecting over 500 customers along with blocked roads. At some point during the event, every fire department, ambulance service and law enforcement agency in the county responded to a call in the blowing snow and winds. No structures were damaged during the event. It is unknown if the tree damage occurred during the late evening thunderstorms or the gusty winds overnight.

8. Jul 26, 2020Flash Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roads were washed out in the town of Emery with a few culvert failures as well.

9. Jul 22, 2024Flash Flood$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Short-term street flooding was reported due to heavy rainfall and storm sewer backup. Flood waters led to damage inside an ambulance garage where water flowed under the bay doors.

10. Jun 24, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Large trees were uprooted and a business sign was snapped.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

106°FJul 13, 1936

All-time low

−45°FJan 24, 1922

Warmest night

77°FJun 28, 1912

Coldest day

−24°FJan 28, 1915

Wettest day

5.82 inJul 15, 1969

Snowiest day

24.0 inMar 25, 1996

Hottest year

1998mean 45.1°F

Coldest year

1917mean 37.1°F

Wettest year

192646.94 in

Driest year

198918.88 in

Snowiest season

110.0 in1927-28

Station Park Falls Dnr Hq (USC00476398), 1,525 ft elevation, 14.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1910 to September 30, 2026; 86.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00476398.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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