Storms in Colorado in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 186
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $80,000
- 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 | 129 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 40 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1987
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 2, 1987
- Tornado in Colorado, May 12, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 20, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 23, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 26, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1987
June 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 9, 1987
- Tornado in Colorado, June 12, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, June 17, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 18, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 23, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, June 25, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 28, 1987
- Tornado in Colorado, June 30, 1987
July 1987
- Hail in Colorado, July 1, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 2, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, July 3, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 7, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 9, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, July 11, 1987
- Tornado in Colorado, July 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 19, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, July 31, 1987
August 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 6, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 7, 1987
- Hail in Colorado, August 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 11, 1987
September 1987
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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.