Colorado

Storm History: Washington County, Colorado

637 episodes, 1,319 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
1,319
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
637

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
Tornado59604$1.0 million
Hail44000$1.2 million
High Wind6700
Thunderstorm Wind6100$205,000
Flash Flood4704$395,000
Blizzard3400
Winter Storm2800
Flood1300$16 million
Cold/Wind Chill800
Winter Weather600
Heavy Snow500
Drought400
Wildfire400
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.