Colorado

Storm History: Gilpin County, Colorado

660 episodes, 882 events since 1986

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gilpin 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
882
Deaths
23
Injuries
31
Damage
$55 million
Episodes
660

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 Storm29924
High Wind20307$17 million
Heavy Snow14800
Winter Weather10803
Blizzard4000$16 million
Avalanche271814
Hail1803
Wildfire830$22 million
Drought600
Strong Wind500
Flash Flood400$500,000
Tornado400
Cold/Wind Chill400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Thunderstorm Wind200
Dust Storm200
Lightning100

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 Gilpin CountyEvery warning in Gilpin 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.