Storms in Colorado in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 60
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $275,000
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $275,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1974
April 1974
May 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 8, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, May 9, 1974
- Tornado in Colorado, May 10, 1974
- Tornado in Colorado, May 19, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, May 23, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 24, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 28, 1974
June 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 23, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 27, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 5, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 6, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, July 11, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, July 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 18, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, July 21, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, July 22, 1974
- Tornado in Colorado, July 28, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 31, 1974
August 1974
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 8, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 9, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 15, 1974
- Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1974
September 1974
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Colorado in 197419731975
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.