Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2012

1,326 events in 250 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Winter Weather29400
Drought26300
Hail23400$53,000
High Wind17501$13,000
Winter Storm13400
Thunderstorm Wind6300$12,000
Tornado3409$323 million
Wildfire3053$825 million
Flash Flood2800$15 million
Frost/Freeze1700
Avalanche1575$250
Heavy Rain1500$10,000
Blizzard900
Funnel Cloud400
Lightning400$30,000
Heavy Snow200
Dust Devil200$13,000
Heat100
Flood100
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 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.