Fire Weather Watches in Colorado
1,667 fire weather watches 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 1,667
- Busiest year
- 2026160 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 79over 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.
- Las Animas County516
- Huerfano County479
- Pueblo County457
- Saguache County408
- Costilla County401
- El Paso County351
- Conejos County351
- Rio Grande County351
- Alamosa County342
- Baca County326
- Otero County306
- San Miguel County296
- Fremont County288
- Crowley County286
- Bent County281
- Cheyenne County272
- Prowers County271
- La Plata County267
- Dolores County261
- Montezuma County261
- Kit Carson County260
- Kiowa County255
- Custer County237
- Garfield County230
- Mesa County230
- Moffat County214
- Montrose County212
- Yuma County206
- Rio Blanco County201
- Elbert County199
- Douglas County187
- Lincoln County181
- Ouray County177
- Arapahoe County176
- Delta County176
- Teller County173
- Park County143
- Boulder County138
- Jefferson County135
- Larimer County131
24 more counties
- Hinsdale County129
- Adams County128
- Weld County122
- Chaffee County120
- Lake County120
- Eagle County117
- Pitkin County117
- Washington County116
- Clear Creek County113
- Gilpin County113
- Broomfield County109
- Denver County102
- Logan County101
- Gunnison County99
- Morgan County96
- Phillips County90
- Sedgwick County89
- Archuleta County79
- San Juan County79
- Routt County78
- Mineral County77
- Grand County60
- Summit County58
- Jackson County55
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 12:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 13 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:33 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:39 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Larimer and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:19 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:49 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:54 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:46 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:04 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GJT | Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:50 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 11 more | 20 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.