Colorado

Storm History: Douglas County, Colorado

853 episodes, 1,563 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
1,563
Deaths
15
Injuries
140
Damage
$119 million
Episodes
853

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 Storm30713$35,000
Tornado26808$1.3 million
Hail250112$5.1 million
High Wind223022$17 million
Heavy Snow15500
Winter Weather103269
Flash Flood8203$14 million
Blizzard6822$50 million
Thunderstorm Wind3112$16,000
Drought1500
Lightning1203$286,000
Wildfire930$22 million
Cold/Wind Chill8515
Flood800$25,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heat500
Strong Wind500$10,000
Dust Storm300
Frost/Freeze200$10 million
Funnel Cloud100
Avalanche101
Heavy Rain100

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.