Storms in Colorado in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 82
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $286,000
- Episodes
- 44
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 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 0 | $286,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1980
April 1980
May 1980
- Hail in Colorado, May 4, 1980
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 5, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, May 14, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 24, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 25, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1980
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 29, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1980
June 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 1, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 6, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, June 15, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, June 16, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 18, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 19, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, June 20, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, June 21, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 26, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, June 29, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 30, 1980
July 1980
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 2, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 7, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, July 14, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 16, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, July 18, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 20, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 24, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 25, 1980
August 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, August 7, 1980
- Hail in Colorado, August 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 20, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 25, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, August 27, 1980
September 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Colorado in 198019791981
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.