Colorado

Storms in Colorado in 2021

1,844 events in 331 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Colorado in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,844
Deaths
18
Injuries
33
Damage
$2.2 billion
Episodes
331

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
High Wind33300$50,000
Drought28300
Hail26800
Winter Weather18200
Thunderstorm Wind14000$1.2 million
Heavy Rain13100
Flash Flood101410$28 million
Heavy Snow9600
Winter Storm9010
Debris Flow5000$130 million
Tornado4900$621,000
Frost/Freeze4400
Wildfire29313$2.0 billion
Dust Storm820
Avalanche788
Dense Fog600
Flood600
Blizzard500
Heat500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Funnel Cloud300
Lightning202
Strong Wind100$100,000
Excessive Heat100

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.