Storms in Colorado in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1960, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Colorado in 1960 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 37
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $308,000
- Episodes
- 22
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 2 | 3 | $308,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1960
May 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 18, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 27, 1960
June 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 11, 1960
- Tornado in Colorado, June 18, 1960
- Tornado in Colorado, June 19, 1960
- Tornado in Colorado, June 20, 1960
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 21, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 27, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 29, 1960
July 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 3, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 23, 1960
- Tornadoes in Colorado, July 27, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 1960
August 1960
September 1960
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in Colorado in 196019591961
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.