Storms in Colorado in 2021
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 333 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Drought | 283 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 268 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 182 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 140 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 131 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 101 | 4 | 10 | $28 million |
| Heavy Snow | 96 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 90 | 1 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 50 | 0 | 0 | $130 million |
| Tornado | 49 | 0 | 0 | $621,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 29 | 3 | 13 | $2.0 billion |
| Dust Storm | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| Dense Fog | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Drought in Colorado, January 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, January 1 to 31, 2021
- Dense Fog in Colorado, January 2, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 5, 2021
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Colorado, January 13 to 15, 2021
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Colorado, January 13 to 16, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, January 14, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 17 to 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 18 to 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 19, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 21 to 23, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 22 to 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 22 to 24, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 24 to 26, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 25 to 27, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Colorado, January 27, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 29 to 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, January 29 to 30, 2021
February 2021
- Drought in Colorado, February 1 to 28, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, February 1 to 28, 2021
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 2 to 4, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, February 3 to 4, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 3, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 4 to 6, 2021
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 4 to 6, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, February 5 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 9 to 10, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 11 to 13, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 11 to 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Colorado, February 13 to 16, 2021
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 2021
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 20 to 21, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 26 to 27, 2021
March 2021
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 4, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4 to 5, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 4 to 5, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 9 to 10, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, March 10, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 12 to 15, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Colorado, March 12 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 2021
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 14 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, March 20, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 20 to 21, 2021
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Colorado, March 21 to 22, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 21 to 22, 2021
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 22, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 23 to 24, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 23 to 24, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 25 to 26, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, March 29, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, March 29, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, March 29, 2021
April 2021
- Drought in Colorado, April 1 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, April 1 to 30, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, April 6, 2021
- Dust Storm in Colorado, April 6, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 6 to 7, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, April 9, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 10, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, April 11 to 15, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, April 14, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, April 14 to 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 15 to 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 15 to 16, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 17, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, April 19 to 20, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, April 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 19 to 20, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 20, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Colorado, April 27 to 29, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, April 27, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, April 27, 2021
May 2021
- Drought in Colorado, May 1 to 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 2, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 2, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 2, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 3, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, May 3, 2021
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in Colorado, May 3 to 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 8, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 8, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, May 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 10 to 11, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 13, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 14, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 14, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 14, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 15, 2021
- Tornado in Colorado, May 15, 2021
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, May 16, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 16, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 16, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 17 to 18, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, May 20, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 20, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 21, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 21, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 21, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 22, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 22, 2021
- Strong Wind in Colorado, May 22, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, May 23, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 23, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 23, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, May 23 to 24, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 26, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 28, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 2021
- Tornado in Colorado, May 29, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 29, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, May 30, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 30, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, May 31, 2021
- Tornado in Colorado, May 31, 2021
June 2021
- Drought in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, June 1, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, June 1, 2021
- Tornado in Colorado, June 1, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 5 to 8, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, June 5, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 6, 2021
- Tornado in Colorado, June 7, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 8 to 12, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 13, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, June 13, 2021
- Excessive Heat in Colorado, June 14 to 18, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 15 to 30, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 16, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, June 17, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 17, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, June 17, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 18 to 29, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 18 to 29, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 18 to 30, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 19, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 19, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 19, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 20 to 30, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 20 to 30, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 20 to 30, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 24, 2021
- Flash Flood in Colorado, June 24, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 24, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 25, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, June 25, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 25, 2021
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, June 26 to 27, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, June 26 to 27, 2021
- Flash Flood in Colorado, June 27, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 30, 2021
July 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 9, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 2, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, July 2, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, July 3, 2021
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 3, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 3, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 4, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 4, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 5, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, July 5, 2021
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 6, 2021
- Heat in Colorado, July 7 to 12, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 8, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, July 8, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 9 to 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 13, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, July 14, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 15, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 16, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, July 17, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 18, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, July 18, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, July 20, 2021
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 20, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, July 20 to 21, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 21 to 22, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 22, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, July 22, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 23, 2021
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 23, 2021
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Colorado, July 23, 2021
- Debris Flows and Hail in Colorado, July 24, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 25 to 26, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, July 25, 2021
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Colorado, July 25, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 26 to 29, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 27, 2021
- Debris Flows and Flood in Colorado, July 28, 2021
- Debris Flows and Hail in Colorado, July 29, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, July 29, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, July 30, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 30, 2021
- Funnel Cloud in Colorado, July 30, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Colorado, July 31, 2021
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 31, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 31, 2021
August 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 1, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, August 1, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, August 2, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 2, 2021
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Colorado, August 3, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 3, 2021
- Debris Flow in Colorado, August 4, 2021
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 6, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 6, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 12, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, August 13, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 14, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 17, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, August 19, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 19 to 20, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 20, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 26, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 26, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 28 to 31, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, August 29, 2021
September 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, September 1 to 14, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 1, 2021
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, September 3, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 3, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 3, 2021
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, September 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Colorado, September 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 11, 2021
- Funnel Cloud in Colorado, September 12, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 12, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 14, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 18, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, September 20 to 21, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, September 22, 2021
- Dense Fog in Colorado, September 28, 2021
- Debris Flows in Colorado, September 28 to 29, 2021
October 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, October 1 to 15, 2021
- Wildfire in Colorado, October 1 to 12, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, October 1 to 31, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 9, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 11, 2021
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, October 12 to 13, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 12 to 13, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 12, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 12 to 13, 2021
- Hail in Colorado, October 12, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 13 to 14, 2021
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 14 to 15, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 19, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 25, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 26, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 26 to 27, 2021
- Wildfire and High Wind in Colorado, October 26, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, October 26, 2021
November 2021
- Drought in Colorado, November 1 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, November 1 to 30, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, November 12, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, November 14, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, November 15 to 30, 2021
December 2021
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, December 1 to 31, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, December 5, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 6 to 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 8 to 10, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 8 to 10, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, December 8, 2021
- Dust Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 12 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 14 to 15, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, December 14 to 15, 2021
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 15, 2021
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in Colorado, December 15, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 16 to 17, 2021
- Flash Flood in Colorado, December 22, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 23 to 25, 2021
- Winter Storm and Avalanche in Colorado, December 23 to 25, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, December 23 to 25, 2021
- Dense Fog in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 2021
- Drought in Colorado, December 25 to 31, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, December 25 to 29, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 25 to 29, 2021
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 26, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, December 26, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 29 to 31, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, December 30 to 31, 2021
- Wildfire and High Wind in Colorado, December 30, 2021
- High Wind in Colorado, December 30, 2021
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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.