Colorado

Storm History: Gunnison County, Colorado

1,439 episodes, 2,716 events since 1982

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gunnison 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
2,716
Deaths
33
Injuries
42
Damage
$76 million
Episodes
1,439

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 Storm86802$57,000
Drought53400
Winter Weather50400$20,000
Heavy Snow27100
Frost/Freeze10400$17 million
Avalanche882827$203,000
High Wind7700$236,000
Dense Fog5600
Blizzard4900
Wildfire2902$58 million
Debris Flow2710$82,000
Excessive Heat2500
Flash Flood1500$102,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Flood1120$557,000
Strong Wind1110$39,000
Thunderstorm Wind910$50
Lightning6011$42,000
Heavy Rain500$40,000
Tornado400
Cold/Wind Chill300$100,000
Hail200
Funnel Cloud200
Heat100

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 Gunnison CountyEvery warning in Gunnison 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.