Storms in Colorado in 1997

1,352 events in 422 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 1997, 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 1997 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: 1,352
Deaths: 30
Injuries: 67
Damage: $380 million
Episodes: 422

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
Heavy Snow	434	1	0
Hail	310	0	1	$1.7 million
Winter Storm	178	1	0
High Wind	80	0	2	$431,000
Flash Flood	78	6	43	$334 million
Thunderstorm Wind	69	3	5	$382,000
Tornado	47	2	12	$7.3 million
Lightning	46	3	1	$467,000
Blizzard	35	10	2	$2.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill	24	0	0
Flood	19	3	1	$25 million
Funnel Cloud	16	0	0
Dense Fog	7	1	0
Heavy Rain	7	0	0	$20,000
Frost/Freeze	2	0	0	$9.0 million

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Colorado Every state in 1997 Tornadoes in Colorado in 1997 Warnings in Colorado in 1997 1996 1998

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.