Colorado

Storm History: Pueblo County, Colorado

830 episodes, 1,680 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pueblo 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
1,680
Deaths
2
Injuries
34
Damage
$234 million
Episodes
830

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
Hail37801$62 million
Flash Flood247110$3.9 million
Winter Storm23600
Tornado223016$130 million
High Wind18600$2.6 million
Heavy Snow16100
Thunderstorm Wind8304$40,000
Dust Storm4500
Winter Weather3300
Blizzard2410$300,000
Wildfire1700$7.9 million
Flood1400$26 million
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Lightning903$405,000
Heavy Rain600
Drought200
Dust Devil200$10,000
Debris Flow100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Pueblo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pueblo CountyEvery warning in Pueblo 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.