Colorado

Storm History: Larimer County, Colorado

1,130 episodes, 1,978 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Larimer 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
1,978
Deaths
36
Injuries
134
Damage
$666 million
Episodes
1,130

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
Hail36634$514,000
Winter Storm34212
High Wind31503$14 million
Tornado308016$5.1 million
Flash Flood1681454$301 million
Heavy Snow15000
Winter Weather11810
Thunderstorm Wind72324$1,000
Blizzard5300$31 million
Wildfire2100$314 million
Lightning18424$70,000
Avalanche1294
Drought1003
Cold/Wind Chill700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Flood400$200,000
Dense Fog310
Dust Storm200
Strong Wind200
Frost/Freeze100

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 Larimer County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Larimer CountyEvery warning in Larimer 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.