Storms in Colorado in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1962, 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 1962 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
- 73
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $9,000
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 25 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 12, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 16, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, May 18, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 21, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, May 25, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, May 28, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 31, 1962
June 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, June 4, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 5, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 6, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1962
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 12, 1962
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 15, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 16, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, June 20, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 29, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, June 30, 1962
July 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 1, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 4, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 8, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, July 12, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, July 15, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, July 16, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, July 18, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, July 20, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 25, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, July 28, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, July 29, 1962
- Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1962
September 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, September 1, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 21, 1962
October 1962
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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.