Colorado

Storm History: Mesa County, Colorado

1,794 episodes, 4,044 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mesa 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
4,044
Deaths
12
Injuries
545
Damage
$244 million
Episodes
1,794

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 Storm1,03110$7,000
Drought90000
Winter Weather46300
Heavy Snow28400
Frost/Freeze24100$59 million
High Wind17112$620,000
Dense Fog16505$150,000
Thunderstorm Wind12500$259,000
Wildfire11504$171 million
Flash Flood11000$864,000
Hail7300$1.8 million
Debris Flow5648$416,000
Blizzard5500
Heavy Rain4614$470,000
Excessive Heat4510
Strong Wind3300$284,000
Flood2610$188,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Funnel Cloud2200
Tornado1500$1,000
Lightning1202$96,000
Avalanche1031$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill700$8.9 million
Dust Devil500$3,000
Dust Storm4019
Heat400
Ice Storm20500

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 Mesa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mesa CountyEvery warning in Mesa 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.