Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2001

1,011 events in 329 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2001, 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 2001 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
1,011
Deaths
5
Injuries
57
Damage
$113 million
Episodes
329

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail33814$11 million
Winter Storm16300$270,000
Thunderstorm Wind11602$36,000
Heavy Snow10600
High Wind9307$9.7 million
Tornado46026$82 million
Flash Flood3705$1.1 million
Blizzard3200$7.1 million
Lightning30212$1.3 million
Flood2600$102,000
Wildfire1300
Funnel Cloud600
Avalanche321
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$250,000
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

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May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

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September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.