Colorado

Storm History: Archuleta County, Colorado

1,098 episodes, 1,459 events since 1993

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Archuleta 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
1,459
Deaths
13
Injuries
17
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
1,098

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Winter Storm44500$20,000
Drought28900
Winter Weather24300
Heavy Snow15700
Wildfire7000$13 million
Avalanche491210$82,000
Frost/Freeze4400
Blizzard2700$25,000
Dense Fog2200
High Wind1600$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind1312$78,000
Debris Flow1300$22,000
Lightning1205$173,000
Flash Flood1000$315,000
Excessive Heat1000
Hail900$62,000
Heavy Rain800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Flood400$63,000
Strong Wind300$17,000
Dense Smoke300
Funnel Cloud200
Tornado100$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Archuleta CountyEvery warning in Archuleta 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.