Storms in Colorado in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 116
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $2.8 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 37 | 0 | 1 | $2.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1979
May 1979
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 1, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1979
June 1979
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 6, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, June 15, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 16, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, June 17, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, June 18, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, June 23, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, June 25, 1979
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 27, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 28, 1979
July 1979
- Hail in Colorado, July 1, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, July 3, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, July 5, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1979
- Tornado in Colorado, July 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 14, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 15, 1979
- Tornadoes in Colorado, July 16, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 17, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1979
- Tornado in Colorado, July 22, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, July 23, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 24, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1979
- Tornado in Colorado, July 27, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 28, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 29, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 8, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 15, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 16, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 18, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 21, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 25, 1979
- Hail in Colorado, August 27, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 30, 1979
September 1979
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Colorado in 197919781980
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.