Storms in Colorado in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 58
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $290,000
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 18 | 0 | 3 | $290,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
May 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1978
- Tornado in Colorado, May 21, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1978
June 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 4, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 5, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, June 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 7, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, June 21, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1978
- Tornado in Colorado, June 23, 1978
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 26, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, June 27, 1978
July 1978
- Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 10, 1978
- Tornadoes in Colorado, July 13, 1978
- Tornadoes in Colorado, July 21, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 29, 1978
August 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 1978
- Tornado in Colorado, August 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 21, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, August 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 29, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 31, 1978
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Colorado in 197819771979
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.