Colorado

Storm History: Hinsdale County, Colorado

1,141 episodes, 1,872 events since 1996

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hinsdale 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
1,872
Deaths
29
Injuries
29
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
1,141

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 Storm63102$20,000
Winter Weather41500$15,000
Drought28500
Heavy Snow22700
Avalanche1112625$283,000
Wildfire6600$12 million
Blizzard3800$10,000
High Wind2600$31,000
Debris Flow1910$26,000
Excessive Heat1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Flash Flood900$36,000
Dense Fog700
Strong Wind610$21,000
Dense Smoke300
Thunderstorm Wind100$50,000
Lightning102$300
Heavy Rain100
Flood110
Hail100

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 Hinsdale CountyEvery warning in Hinsdale 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.