Storms in Colorado in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 140
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $630,000
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 5 | $630,000 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1985
May 1985
- Hail in Colorado, May 5, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 7, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, May 18, 1985
- Tornado in Colorado, May 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1985
June 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 20, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 24, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 25, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 30, 1985
July 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 4, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 7, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, July 14, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 15, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 18, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 1985
- Tornado in Colorado, July 22, 1985
- Tornadoes in Colorado, July 26, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 29, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1985
August 1985
- Hail in Colorado, August 1, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 2, 1985
- Tornado in Colorado, August 3, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 18, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 20, 1985
- Hail in Colorado, August 27, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 31, 1985
September 1985
More
Every year in ColoradoEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Colorado in 198519841986
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.