Storm History: Adams County, Colorado
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Adams County, Colorado: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 1,310
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 145
- Damage
- $506 million
- Episodes
- 773
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 446 | 0 | 49 | $152 million |
| Hail | 301 | 0 | 6 | $155 million |
| Winter Storm | 135 | 1 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| High Wind | 101 | 0 | 12 | $151,000 |
| Flash Flood | 63 | 1 | 3 | $168 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 61 | 0 | 3 | $71,000 |
| Blizzard | 58 | 2 | 2 | $19 million |
| Heavy Snow | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 40 | 4 | 53 | |
| Lightning | 10 | 2 | 1 | $70,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 5 | 15 | |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 1996
- Tornado, May 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 20, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 1999
- Tornado, June 3, 1981
- Blizzard, March 17, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2014
- Tornado, July 13, 1996
- Blizzard, April 11, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2013
- Winter Storm, May 10, 2023
- Wildfire, July 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 4, 1999
- Tornado, June 9, 1967
- Tornado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado, August 14, 1977
- Tornado, May 17, 1978
- Tornado, June 5, 1988
- Tornado, May 29, 1990
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2011
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 2023
- Hail, June 8, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2002
- Hail, June 17, 2025
- Hail, May 30, 2024
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2017
- Hail, June 10, 1999
- Hail, May 7, 1977
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 18, 1975
- Tornado, June 12, 1982
- Tornado, June 15, 1988
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Tornado, May 29, 1959
- Tornado, May 30, 1976
- Tornado, June 4, 1976
- Tornado, May 17, 1978
- Tornado, June 3, 1981
- Tornado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado, June 14, 1982
- Tornado, June 4, 1983
- Tornado, July 19, 1985
- Tornado, June 8, 1986
- Tornado, June 20, 1987
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 26, 2026
- Hail, June 8, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, May 5, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2026
- Wildfire, February 24, 2026
- Wildfire, January 15, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Tornado, August 10, 2025
- Hail, August 2, 2025
- Flood, July 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Hail, June 24, 2025
- Hail, June 17, 2025
- Tornado, June 13, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 3, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2025
- High Wind, December 30, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Tornado, August 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2024
- Wildfire, July 13, 2024
- Hail, July 7, 2024
- Hail, June 29, 2024
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Hail, May 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 29, 2024
- Flood, May 28, 2024
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, October 27, 2023
- Hail, August 28, 2023
- Hail, August 3, 2023
- Tornado, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2023
- Tornado, May 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, May 10, 2023
- Tornado, May 10, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Dust Storm, May 5, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- High Wind, April 19, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 12, 2022
- High Wind, December 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 3, 2022
- Tornado, July 29, 2022
- Winter Storm, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, April 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 19, 2021
- Hail, July 2, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2021
- Tornado, June 19, 2021
- Hail, June 13, 2021
- Tornado, May 22, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 2021
- Tornado, April 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 19, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2021
- Blizzard, March 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2020
- High Wind, November 13, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2020
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, September 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2020
- Hail, June 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 15, 2020
- Blizzard, March 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Blizzard, November 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2019
- Tornado, September 8, 2019
- Hail, August 23, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Hail, July 5, 2019
- Tornado, June 8, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2019
- Blizzard, January 21, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2018
- High Wind, November 2, 2018
- Hail, August 14, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Tornado, July 29, 2018
- Tornado, July 27, 2018
- Hail, July 26, 2018
- Hail, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2018
- Tornado, May 28, 2018
- High Wind, April 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- High Wind, March 23, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2018
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Heavy Snow, May 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2017
- Hail, May 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, April 28, 2017
- Blizzard, March 24, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- High Wind, March 6, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2016
- Hail, August 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 2, 2016
- Hail, June 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 13, 2016
- Tornado, May 24, 2016
- Tornado, May 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2016
- Blizzard, March 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2016
- Dust Devil, March 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2015
- Blizzard, November 16, 2015
- Tornado, August 17, 2015
- Tornado, July 21, 2015
- Hail, June 25, 2015
- Tornado, June 5, 2015
- Hail, June 3, 2015
- Tornado, May 15, 2015
- Avalanche, May 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, May 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2014
- High Wind, November 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2014
- Tornado, August 6, 2014
- Tornado, July 28, 2014
- Hail, June 23, 2014
- Tornado, June 21, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Tornado, June 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2014
- Tornado, May 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, May 11, 2014
- Tornado, May 7, 2014
- High Wind, April 29, 2014
- High Wind, April 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2014
- High Wind, February 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2014
- Winter Weather, October 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2013
- Tornado, August 3, 2013
- Hail, July 31, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2013
- Hail, June 23, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 15, 2013
- Tornado, April 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 2013
- Blizzard, March 8, 2013
- Blizzard, February 26, 2013
- Blizzard, February 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Tornado, September 27, 2012
- Tornado, June 15, 2012
- Tornado, June 7, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Adams CountyEvery warning in Adams County since 1986Every county in Colorado
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.