Colorado

Storm History: Dolores County, Colorado

1,175 episodes, 1,764 events since 1983

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dolores 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
1,764
Deaths
13
Injuries
15
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
1,175

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 Storm47700
Drought44000
Winter Weather24300
Heavy Snow16203
Frost/Freeze10700$32,000
Wildfire9000$12 million
Avalanche521210$82,000
High Wind3801$264,000
Dense Fog2900
Blizzard2900$10,000
Excessive Heat2300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400$250,000
Strong Wind1100$78,000
Flash Flood1100$56,000
Debris Flow900$11,000
Thunderstorm Wind600$35,000
Hail300$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$4,000
Flood300$28,000
Dense Smoke300
Lightning211$1,000
Funnel Cloud200
Heavy Rain200
Heat200
Dust Devil100$2,000
Tornado100
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 Dolores CountyEvery warning in Dolores 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.