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Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2017

58 winter storm watches in 2017. 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 in 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
58
Busiest month
January18 winter storm watches
Busiest day
January 3, 20176 winter storm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 11:24 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more16 hr
Jan 3, 4:09 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Jan 3, 5:08 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more10 hr
Jan 3, 3:08 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 3 more14 hr
Jan 3, 3:10 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more19 hr
Jan 3, 3:42 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Montrose13 hr
Jan 7, 4:11 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 3 more12 hr
Jan 7, 11:18 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache17 hr
Jan 7, 3:11 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more20 hr
Jan 7, 4:09 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTGarfield, Mesa, Rio Blanco21 hr
Jan 12, 2:25 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma44 hr
Jan 13, 3:19 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 9 more14 hr
Jan 14, 5:59 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUElbert, Lincoln, Washington8 hr
Jan 18, 3:02 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache13 hr
Jan 18, 3:41 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Miguel6 hr
Jan 18, 10:04 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt17 hr
Jan 21, 3:20 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache13 hr
Jan 21, 7:48 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more16 hr
Feb 4, 3:16 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more38 hr
Feb 4, 3:22 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache37 hr
Feb 4, 3:45 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more23 hr
Feb 10, 4:17 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more25 hr
Feb 21, 4:25 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt10 hr
Feb 21, 2:25 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer24 hr
Feb 25, 8:55 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more19 hr
Feb 26, 4:19 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache11 hr
Feb 26, 3:26 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, La Plata14 hr
Mar 22, 3:30 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more24 hr
Mar 22, 3:58 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more24 hr
Mar 27, 12:11 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more17 hr
Mar 27, 3:14 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and 1 more15 hr
Mar 30, 9:36 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more24 hr
Mar 30, 11:01 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more23 hr
Apr 2, 3:55 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more24 hr
Apr 2, 4:31 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 8 more11 hr
Apr 2, 2:52 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more13 hr
Apr 3, 4:23 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBHuerfano, Las Animas6 hr
Apr 24, 2:53 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more13 hr
Apr 25, 3:30 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more13 hr
Apr 27, 4:33 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more24 hr
Apr 27, 4:46 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUArapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 3 more24 hr
Apr 27, 2:15 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson24 hr
Apr 28, 4:34 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers and 1 more7 hr
May 16, 3:30 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Mineral and 3 more24 hr
May 16, 4:27 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more19 hr
May 17, 11:40 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 4 more23 hr
May 18, 5:23 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more10 hr
Sep 30, 3:07 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer20 hr
Sep 30, 3:39 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, Rio Blanco6 hr
Oct 7, 4:53 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more23 hr
Oct 7, 3:05 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more13 hr
Nov 3, 2:12 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer15 hr
Nov 3, 3:19 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt12 hr
Nov 15, 2:44 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTArchuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more13 hr
Nov 15, 2:56 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache10 hr
Nov 15, 3:20 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more24 hr
Dec 21, 2:22 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTEagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt13 hr
Dec 23, 1:53 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchGJTDelta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose and 3 more15 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

20 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 3, 20176winter storm watches
  2. January 7, 20174winter storm watches
  3. February 4, 20173winter storm watches
  4. February 26, 20173winter storm watches
  5. April 2, 20173winter storm watches
  6. April 27, 20173winter storm watches
  7. November 15, 20173winter storm watches
  8. January 18, 20172winter storm watches
  9. February 21, 20172winter storm watches
  10. March 22, 20172winter storm watches
  11. March 27, 20172winter storm watches
  12. March 30, 20172winter storm watches

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.