Storms in Colorado in 2018

1,765 events in 388 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,765
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 16
Damage: $669 million
Episodes: 388

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	627	0	8	$342 million
Winter Weather	298	0	0
High Wind	169	1	2	$46,000
Drought	169	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	132	0	0	$26,000
Winter Storm	77	0	0
Wildfire	74	0	0	$47 million
Tornado	51	0	3	$277 million
Flash Flood	42	1	0	$2.7 million
Heavy Snow	21	0	0
Dense Fog	20	0	0
Heavy Rain	18	0	0
Frost/Freeze	17	0	0
Debris Flow	13	0	0	$550,000
Blizzard	12	0	3
Flood	7	0	0
Dense Smoke	6	0	0
Dust Storm	4	0	0	$6,000
Strong Wind	4	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Avalanche	1	1	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$1,000

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.