Storms in Colorado in 2016

1,347 events in 260 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2016, 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 2016 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: 1,347
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 19
Damage: $925,000
Episodes: 260

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	521	2	4	$28,000
Winter Storm	205	0	0
Winter Weather	177	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	109	0	0	$73,000
High Wind	102	0	0
Flash Flood	44	1	0	$331,000
Tornado	40	0	7	$454,000
Heavy Snow	33	0	0
Heavy Rain	26	0	4
Dense Fog	20	0	0
Frost/Freeze	15	0	0
Blizzard	14	0	0
Debris Flow	12	0	0	$7,000
Wildfire	10	0	0
Lightning	5	0	4
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	5	0	0
Avalanche	4	2	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$23,000
Dust Devil	2	0	0	$10,000

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.