Colorado

Storm History: Moffat County, Colorado

1,537 episodes, 3,046 events since 1973

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Moffat 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
3,046
Deaths
9
Injuries
4
Damage
$3.5 million
Episodes
1,537

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 Storm94910$40,000
Winter Weather69800$5,000
Drought52000
Heavy Snow27100
Wildfire13002$2.6 million
High Wind9600$108,000
Dense Fog8800
Frost/Freeze8300$4,000
Blizzard4900
Thunderstorm Wind3000$35,000
Excessive Heat2600
Flash Flood2100$58,000
Hail1700$28,000
Avalanche1472$3,000
Debris Flow1000$312,000
Tornado900$28,000
Flood910$132,000
Funnel Cloud800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Heavy Rain300$2,000
Strong Wind300$204,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Smoke200
Lightning100$31,000

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 Moffat CountyEvery warning in Moffat 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.