Storms in Colorado in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 34
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $55,000
- Episodes
- 18
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 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 2 | $55,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 6, 1968
- Tornado in Colorado, May 23, 1968
- Hail in Colorado, May 25, 1968
- Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1968
June 1968
- Hail in Colorado, June 6, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 10, 1968
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 15, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1968
July 1968
- Tornado in Colorado, July 3, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 9, 1968
- Tornado in Colorado, July 11, 1968
- Hail in Colorado, July 22, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 1968
August 1968
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Colorado in 196819671969
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.