Colorado

Storm History: Ouray County, Colorado

1,048 episodes, 1,584 events since 1996

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ouray 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
1,584
Deaths
17
Injuries
18
Damage
$142 million
Episodes
1,048

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 Storm56202$20,000
Winter Weather31700$15,000
Drought27100
Heavy Snow17800
Avalanche621415$202,000
Wildfire3501$139 million
Debris Flow3010$552,000
Blizzard3000
Flash Flood2300$1.6 million
High Wind1800$40,000
Excessive Heat1700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Strong Wind810$21,000
Heavy Rain600
Dense Fog600
Hail300
Lightning210$1,000
Flood200
Thunderstorm Wind200$60,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ouray CountyEvery warning in Ouray 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.