Blizzard Warnings in Colorado
132 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 132
- Busiest year
- 201314 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 6over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Elbert County35
- Kit Carson County33
- Yuma County33
- Arapahoe County33
- Lincoln County31
- Washington County31
- Douglas County27
- Adams County26
- Phillips County26
- Sedgwick County26
- El Paso County24
- Logan County24
- Cheyenne County21
- Morgan County18
- Weld County17
- Las Animas County12
- Conejos County12
- Mineral County12
- Rio Grande County12
- Baca County10
- Archuleta County9
- Dolores County9
- Hinsdale County9
- La Plata County9
- Montezuma County9
- San Juan County9
- San Miguel County9
- Broomfield County8
- Denver County8
- Kiowa County8
- Garfield County8
- Gunnison County8
- Montrose County8
- Ouray County8
- Huerfano County7
- Larimer County7
- Prowers County7
- Saguache County7
- Delta County7
- Crowley County6
24 more counties
- Mesa County6
- Boulder County5
- Bent County5
- Otero County5
- Pueblo County4
- Jefferson County4
- Chaffee County4
- Lake County4
- Rio Blanco County4
- Custer County3
- Fremont County3
- Eagle County3
- Moffat County3
- Routt County3
- Grand County3
- Jackson County3
- Costilla County3
- Teller County2
- Pitkin County2
- Clear Creek County1
- Gilpin County1
- Park County1
- Summit County1
- Alamosa County1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:41 PM MDT | Blizzard Warning | PUB | El Paso | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:12 PM MDT | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:37 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:44 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | El Paso | 19 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:16 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Phillips and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:38 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 35 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.