Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2011

1,611 events in 329 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,611
Deaths
6
Injuries
38
Damage
$193 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
Hail39403$22 million
Winter Weather36600$5,000
Winter Storm261313$56,000
High Wind17611$801,000
Thunderstorm Wind15102$700,000
Drought6503
Flash Flood4308$167 million
Wildfire2704
Blizzard2100
Tornado2100$212,000
Lightning1912$170,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Flood1200$1.9 million
Avalanche1000
Heavy Snow900
Heavy Rain700
Frost/Freeze600
Strong Wind402$100,000
Funnel Cloud400
Debris Flow110

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.