Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2019

1,748 events in 329 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2019, 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 2019 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
1,748
Deaths
21
Injuries
18
Damage
$1.8 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
Hail565012$83,000
Winter Weather31400
Winter Storm17710
Thunderstorm Wind12500
High Wind12200$31,000
Heavy Snow9313
Flash Flood7111$1.3 million
Tornado5000$252,000
Frost/Freeze4700
Heavy Rain3600
Drought3000
Blizzard2940$100,000
Wildfire2500
Dense Fog1600
Avalanche1180
Funnel Cloud1100
Flood850$5,000
Lightning712
Debris Flow600$15,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Dust Devil100
Strong Wind100

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.