Storms in Colorado in 1996

1,647 events in 1,011 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Colorado in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 1,647
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 62
Damage: $164 million
Episodes: 1,011

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	468	0	2	$135 million
Heavy Snow	290	1	2
Winter Storm	268	0	5	$600,000
High Wind	163	1	20	$6.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind	146	2	7	$163,000
Tornado	98	0	0	$7.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill	75	1	0
Lightning	51	3	15	$506,000
Flash Flood	32	3	5	$4.0 million
Funnel Cloud	30	0	0
Flood	11	0	1
Blizzard	8	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	5	$150,000
Frost/Freeze	2	0	0	$11 million
Heavy Rain	1	0	0	$100,000
Wildfire	1	0	0	$50,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.