Winter Storm Watches in Colorado
982 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 982
- Busiest year
- 201165 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 45over 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.
- Saguache County261
- Garfield County239
- Chaffee County230
- Montrose County220
- Gunnison County215
- Eagle County215
- Moffat County210
- Routt County210
- Rio Grande County208
- San Miguel County208
- Conejos County207
- Mineral County204
- Rio Blanco County204
- Archuleta County201
- La Plata County199
- Pitkin County195
- Dolores County194
- Montezuma County194
- Hinsdale County193
- Delta County193
- Mesa County186
- Boulder County183
- San Juan County181
- Larimer County178
- Jefferson County174
- Lake County173
- Ouray County170
- Grand County166
- Jackson County164
- Clear Creek County163
- Gilpin County163
- Park County163
- Fremont County147
- Huerfano County144
- Las Animas County143
- Costilla County136
- El Paso County135
- Summit County134
- Custer County130
- Pueblo County124
24 more counties
- Teller County122
- Alamosa County119
- Douglas County111
- Elbert County93
- Arapahoe County92
- Weld County71
- Adams County68
- Broomfield County66
- Kit Carson County61
- Denver County60
- Yuma County58
- Lincoln County54
- Washington County54
- Logan County49
- Cheyenne County48
- Morgan County47
- Sedgwick County47
- Phillips County46
- Baca County35
- Kiowa County32
- Prowers County32
- Bent County28
- Otero County27
- Crowley County24
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:43 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:39 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:30 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:34 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:24 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo and 1 more | 24 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.