Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2004

1,788 events in 409 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,788
Deaths
7
Injuries
48
Damage
$155 million
Episodes
409

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
Hail629019$11,000
Drought25200
Winter Storm21500$20,000
Winter Weather17910
Thunderstorm Wind9902$123,000
Tornado8405$152 million
Flash Flood6505$863,000
High Wind6203$450,000
Heavy Snow6100
Heavy Rain2400$42,000
Dense Fog2200
Lightning19310$63,000
Frost/Freeze1600
Wildfire1500
Funnel Cloud1300
Avalanche1124$5,000
Blizzard1100
Strong Wind500$14,000
Dust Devil300$5,000
Dust Storm110
Flood100
Debris Flow100$1.4 million

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.