Storms in Colorado in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 72
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $358,000
- Episodes
- 27
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 42 | 0 | 1 | $358,000 |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1976
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, April 5, 1976
- Tornadoes in Colorado, April 16, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, April 22, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, April 26, 1976
May 1976
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 8, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, May 11, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 22, 1976
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 25, 1976
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 29, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1976
June 1976
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 8, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 22, 1976
July 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 2, 1976
- Hail in Colorado, July 3, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 18, 1976
August 1976
- Hail in Colorado, August 3, 1976
- Hail in Colorado, August 4, 1976
- Hail in Colorado, August 6, 1976
- Tornado in Colorado, August 10, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 15, 1976
- Hail in Colorado, August 24, 1976
September 1976
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Colorado in 197619751977
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.