Storms in Colorado in 2005

1,863 events in 499 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,863
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 35
Damage: $8.1 million
Episodes: 499

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	648	0	0	$168,000
Drought	252	0	0
Winter Weather	232	0	0	$6,000
Winter Storm	216	1	0	$500
Thunderstorm Wind	102	2	4	$242,000
High Wind	101	0	0	$200,000
Heavy Snow	50	0	0
Tornado	34	0	10	$62,000
Avalanche	31	7	6	$200,000
Blizzard	31	0	0	$250,000
Flash Flood	29	2	5	$520,000
Heavy Rain	22	0	0	$35,000
Debris Flow	18	0	6	$50,000
Lightning	18	1	4	$90,000
Wildfire	16	0	0	$5.8 million
Cold/Wind Chill	15	0	0	$100,000
Frost/Freeze	13	0	0	$25,000
Flood	11	0	0	$122,000
Ice Storm	8	0	0
Strong Wind	8	0	0	$258,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$3,000

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.