Storms in Colorado in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 53
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $30,000
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 3 | $30,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1972
May 1972
- Tornado in Colorado, May 9, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 10, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1972
June 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 5, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 1972
- Tornado in Colorado, June 17, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 18, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 19, 1972
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 21, 1972
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 22, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 25, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, June 27, 1972
July 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 1, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 2, 1972
- Tornado in Colorado, July 6, 1972
- Tornado in Colorado, July 7, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 9, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 15, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 23, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 31, 1972
August 1972
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 2, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 8, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 17, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, August 23, 1972
September 1972
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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.