Colorado

Storm History: Saguache County, Colorado

582 episodes, 1,165 events since 1973

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saguache 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
1,165
Deaths
10
Injuries
12
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
582

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 Storm51500$200,000
Heavy Snow26510
High Wind19406$364,000
Hail4101$365,000
Blizzard3110$4.5 million
Winter Weather2900
Wildfire1700
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Tornado1100$253,000
Flash Flood1000$75,000
Drought700
Avalanche664
Dense Fog500
Debris Flow510
Dust Storm500
Flood400$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind300
Ice Storm300
Lightning111

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 Saguache CountyEvery warning in Saguache 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.