Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado
1,041 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 1,041
- Busiest year
- 201171 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 47over 22 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.
- Garfield County271
- Moffat County257
- Routt County256
- Saguache County243
- Montrose County240
- Eagle County240
- Gunnison County235
- San Miguel County229
- Rio Blanco County229
- Delta County228
- Hinsdale County222
- Grand County219
- Boulder County211
- Chaffee County210
- Jackson County208
- Rio Grande County205
- Dolores County204
- Mineral County204
- Montezuma County204
- Archuleta County203
- La Plata County203
- Conejos County202
- Mesa County202
- San Juan County198
- Jefferson County195
- Larimer County194
- Pitkin County192
- Clear Creek County186
- Gilpin County186
- Park County186
- Ouray County184
- Huerfano County169
- Fremont County165
- Lake County157
- Costilla County157
- Summit County155
- Las Animas County151
- Custer County149
- Pueblo County131
- El Paso County124
24 more counties
- Alamosa County124
- Douglas County118
- Teller County110
- Arapahoe County89
- Elbert County87
- Broomfield County77
- Adams County64
- Weld County61
- Denver County56
- Lincoln County41
- Yuma County39
- Washington County37
- Kit Carson County36
- Morgan County32
- Logan County31
- Phillips County26
- Sedgwick County26
- Baca County26
- Cheyenne County25
- Prowers County23
- Kiowa County22
- Bent County20
- Crowley County19
- Otero County19
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:58 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 22 hr |
| May 4, 11:38 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 42 hr |
| May 4, 12:51 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more | 61 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:34 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 58 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:44 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 59 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:53 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 57 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:48 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 36 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:24 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 4 days |
| Feb 15, 12:21 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 4 days |
| Feb 15, 11:56 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 3 days |
| Feb 10, 12:12 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 48 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.