Storm History: Routt County, Colorado
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Routt 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
- 3,229
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $2.9 million
- Episodes
- 1,509
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm | 1,085 | 1 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Winter Weather | 772 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Drought | 495 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 314 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Wildfire | 103 | 0 | 2 | $1.7 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 89 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Dense Fog | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 77 | 0 | 0 | $161,000 |
| Blizzard | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $111,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $337,000 |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 | $205,000 |
| Avalanche | 16 | 7 | 2 | $3,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $264,000 |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Wildfire, July 16, 2023
- Wildfire, August 1, 2021
- Wildfire, September 29, 2023
- Wildfire, October 1, 2023
- Strong Wind, April 8, 2005
- Wildfire, September 11, 2024
- Wildfire, October 1, 2024
- Hail, September 20, 1997
- Wildfire, August 7, 2024
- Flood, June 1, 1997
- Wildfire, April 8, 2020
- Flood, March 25, 1998
- High Wind, October 25, 1997
- Flood, May 29, 2003
- Hail, August 16, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 2004
- Wildfire, August 14, 2023
- High Wind, March 1, 2024
- Strong Wind, April 8, 2005
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
- Dense Fog, May 31, 2026
- Winter Weather, May 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, May 5, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 4, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2026
- Avalanche, February 21, 2026
- High Wind, February 16, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 14, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2026
- Drought, February 11, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 21, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 2, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2025
- Dense Fog, December 27, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2025
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2025
- Wildfire, December 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 22, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2025
- Wildfire, November 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Avalanche, October 24, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 17, 2025
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 7, 2025
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2025
- Wildfire, October 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Wildfire, September 1, 2025
- Wildfire, September 1, 2025
- Wildfire, August 17, 2025
- Wildfire, August 11, 2025
- Wildfire, August 6, 2025
- Wildfire, August 3, 2025
- Wildfire, August 2, 2025
- Wildfire, August 2, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- High Wind, July 29, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Wildfire, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, June 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, May 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2025
- High Wind, March 31, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2025
- High Wind, February 7, 2025
- High Wind, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2025
- Excessive Heat, January 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 7, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 24, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, October 18, 2024
- Wildfire, October 1, 2024
- Wildfire, September 11, 2024
- Wildfire, August 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- High Wind, May 17, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2024
- Flood, May 14, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, May 5, 2024
- High Wind, May 4, 2024
- Flood, April 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow, April 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2024
- High Wind, April 5, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2024
- High Wind, March 1, 2024
- High Wind, February 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 14, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, November 23, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 11, 2023
- Wildfire, October 1, 2023
- Wildfire, September 29, 2023
- Frost/Freeze, September 23, 2023
- Debris Flow, August 25, 2023
- Wildfire, August 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2023
- Wildfire, July 16, 2023
- Flood, May 15, 2023
- Flood, May 4, 2023
- Debris Flow, May 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 24, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 21, 2023
- High Wind, April 18, 2023
- Flood, April 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, April 13, 2023
- Flood, April 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2022
- High Wind, December 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 4, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, October 22, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 14, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 7, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 5, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, August 31, 2022
- High Wind, June 17, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, June 1, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, May 30, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, May 25, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, May 22, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, May 20, 2022
- Winter Weather, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, May 8, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, April 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2022
- High Wind, April 9, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 28, 2022
- Avalanche, March 19, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, January 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2021
- High Wind, December 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, October 26, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow, October 12, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Wildfire, October 1, 2021
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Routt CountyEvery warning in Routt 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.