Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2021
38 winter storm warnings in 2021. 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 in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 38
- Busiest month
- December14 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- December 8, 20213 winter storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 1:40 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral, Rio Grande | 23 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:27 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Park and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:13 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 50 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 50 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:14 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale and 6 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:14 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 10 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:55 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:17 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:19 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 11 more | 4 days |
| Mar 11, 2:57 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 3 days |
| Mar 12, 3:47 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose and 3 more | 3 days |
| Mar 15, 9:36 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:11 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:02 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller | 31 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:55 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 38 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:26 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson, Larimer | 23 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:16 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 30 hr |
| May 2, 3:42 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 34 hr |
| May 2, 4:01 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller | 40 hr |
| May 9, 2:19 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 52 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:14 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 44 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:34 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:25 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 54 hr |
| Dec 8, 12:16 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 8, 12:54 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 52 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:31 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:17 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 47 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:34 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 3 days |
| Dec 22, 2:33 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 68 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:09 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Lake, Las Animas and 3 more | 67 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 66 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:56 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 4 days |
| Dec 25, 2:59 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 11 more | 4 days |
| Dec 29, 1:18 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 70 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:45 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 6 more | 3 days |
| Dec 29, 2:53 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 72 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grand County12
- Boulder County11
- Jackson County11
- Huerfano County10
- Jefferson County10
- Hinsdale County9
- San Miguel County9
- Larimer County9
- Archuleta County8
- Dolores County8
- La Plata County8
- Montezuma County8
- San Juan County8
- Conejos County8
- Costilla County8
- Las Animas County8
- Mineral County8
- Rio Grande County8
- Clear Creek County8
- Gilpin County8
- Park County8
- Summit County8
- Chaffee County7
- Saguache County7
- Delta County6
- Garfield County6
- Gunnison County6
- Montrose County6
- Custer County6
- Lake County6
- Moffat County5
- Routt County5
- Mesa County5
- Fremont County5
- Douglas County5
- Eagle County5
- Pitkin County5
- Alamosa County4
- Broomfield County4
- Pueblo County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.