Colorado

Storm History: Lincoln County, Colorado

590 episodes, 1,100 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
1,100
Deaths
6
Injuries
38
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
590

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
Hail43807$71,000
Tornado363016$30 million
High Wind6126$595,000
Blizzard4900
Winter Storm4338
Thunderstorm Wind4200$500
Flash Flood3700$500,000
Winter Weather1900
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Heavy Snow900
Drought800
Wildfire500
Flood400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning201
Frost/Freeze200
Dust Storm210
Funnel Cloud100

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 Lincoln County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.