Storms in Colorado in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1966, 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 1966 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
- 40
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $3,000
- Episodes
- 23
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1966
May 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 11, 1966
- Tornado in Colorado, May 17, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 30, 1966
June 1966
- Tornado in Colorado, June 4, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 18, 1966
- Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1966
July 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 6, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 18, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 20, 1966
- Tornado in Colorado, July 21, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 22, 1966
- Tornado in Colorado, July 26, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 1966
August 1966
- Tornado in Colorado, August 2, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 8, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 9, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 11, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 12, 1966
September 1966
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in Colorado in 196619651967
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.