Storms in Colorado in 2012
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2012, 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 2012 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
The year
- Events
- 1,326
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $1.2 billion
- Episodes
- 250
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 294 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 263 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 234 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| High Wind | 175 | 0 | 1 | $13,000 |
| Winter Storm | 134 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 63 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Tornado | 34 | 0 | 9 | $323 million |
| Wildfire | 30 | 5 | 3 | $825 million |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $15 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 15 | 7 | 5 | $250 |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 2 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2012
- Drought in Colorado, January 1 to 31, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 1, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 7 to 8, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 7 to 8, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 15 to 16, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 15 to 17, 2012
- Blizzard and High Wind in Colorado, January 17 to 20, 2012
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 17 to 18, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, January 17 to 19, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, January 18 to 19, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 18, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 19 to 20, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, January 20 to 22, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 20 to 22, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 21, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, January 21 to 22, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 21 to 22, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 21 to 22, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, January 22, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 22, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 22, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 23 to 24, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 26 to 27, 2012
February 2012
- Drought in Colorado, February 1 to 29, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 2 to 3, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 2 to 4, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 2 to 4, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 2 to 4, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 5 to 6, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 8 to 9, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 2012
- Winter Storm and Avalanche in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 13, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 13, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 16, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 19 to 20, 2012
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 20, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 20, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 20 to 23, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 21 to 23, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 21 to 23, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22 to 23, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 23, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 25, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 27 to 29, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 27 to 29, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 28, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 28 to 29, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 28, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, February 29, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 29, 2012
March 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 1 to 3, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 1 to 2, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, March 3 to 4, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 18 to 20, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, March 18, 2012
- Wildfire and High Wind in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, March 18, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 25, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, March 26, 2012
- Wildfire and High Wind in Colorado, March 26 to 31, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, March 26, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 30, 2012
April 2012
- Drought in Colorado, April 1 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, April 1 to 2, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, April 2, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 2 to 3, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 2 to 4, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, April 3, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, April 11, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 11, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, April 12, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, April 13 to 16, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 14 to 15, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, April 15, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, April 15, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 18 to 20, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 26 to 27, 2012
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, April 26, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, April 26, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 26, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, April 27, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, April 28, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 29, 2012
May 2012
- Drought in Colorado, May 1 to 31, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 5, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, May 7 to 8, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 13, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, May 13 to 31, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 17, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 19, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 20, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 20, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, May 21, 2012
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 23, 2012
- Dust Devil in Colorado, May 25, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, May 25 to 31, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, May 26, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, May 26 to 27, 2012
June 2012
- Drought in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Heat in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 1 to 3, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 4, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 4, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 4, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 6, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 6, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7 to 8, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, June 7, 2012
- Dust Devil in Colorado, June 12, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 12, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2012
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 15, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 15, 2012
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 16, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 22 to 30, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 22, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, June 22, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 23 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 23 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 27 to 30, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 27, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, June 28, 2012
July 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 10, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, July 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, July 1 to 31, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 6, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 27, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 4, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 3, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 5, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 6, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 6, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 6, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 7, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 7, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 8, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 8, 2012
- Tornado in Colorado, July 9, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 9, 2012
- Funnel Cloud in Colorado, July 9, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, July 11, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 11, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, July 12, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 12, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 14, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 16, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 16, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 16, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 17 to 24, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 20, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 21, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 22, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood and Flood in Colorado, July 23, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 27, 2012
- Tornado in Colorado, July 28, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 30, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 30, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 30 to 31, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 30, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 30, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 30, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 31, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 31, 2012
August 2012
- Drought in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, August 1, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, August 2, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 4 to 9, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 5, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 7, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 8 to 31, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 11, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, August 17, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 18, 2012
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 23, 2012
- Tornado in Colorado, August 23, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, August 24, 2012
September 2012
- Drought in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 1, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 3, 2012
- Tornado in Colorado, September 25, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, September 26, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, September 26, 2012
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Colorado, September 26 to 27, 2012
- Tornadoes in Colorado, September 27, 2012
- Hail in Colorado, September 27, 2012
October 2012
- Drought in Colorado, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 4, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 5 to 6, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 6 to 7, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 7 to 8, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 12 to 14, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, October 16 to 31, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, October 17, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, October 18, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, October 18, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, October 23 to 29, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, October 23, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 24 to 26, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 25 to 26, 2012
November 2012
- Drought in Colorado, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Colorado, November 1 to 9, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, November 9 to 11, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 9 to 10, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, November 10 to 11, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, November 10, 2012
- High Wind in Colorado, November 10, 2012
December 2012
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2012
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 9, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 14 to 16, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 14 to 15, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 16 to 19, 2012
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 18 to 19, 2012
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 19, 2012
- Blizzard in Colorado, December 19, 2012
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 19, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 26 to 28, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 26 to 27, 2012
- Dense Fog in Colorado, December 28, 2012
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 30 to 31, 2012
- Avalanche in Colorado, December 30, 2012
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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.