Severe Weather History


Colorado Funnel Cloud History: 209 Recorded Events

208

Recorded events

37

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$0

Property damage

Colorado funnel cloud history: 208 recorded events across 37 counties between 1996 and 2024.

Decade by decade

Colorado funnel cloud history by decade

Colorado funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
Colorado funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 1990s are the busiest decade on record with 76 reported funnel cloud events across Colorado. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most funnel cloud events in Colorado

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1El Paso County260$01996–2023
#2Mesa County230$01997–2019
#3Baca County150$01996–2015
#4La Plata County110$01997–2017
#5Prowers County110$01996–2024
#6Montrose County100$01997–2013
#7Moffat County90$01997–2009
#8Delta County90$01998–2011
#9Rio Blanco County70$01996–2017
#10Yuma County70$01996–2019
#11Kiowa County70$01996–2010
#12Las Animas County60$02001–2019
#13Custer County50$01997–2024
#14Kit Carson County50$01997–2019
#15Eagle County50$01998–2013
#16Weld County50$01996–1996
#17Pueblo County50$01999–2015
#18Otero County40$01996–2012
#19Montezuma County40$01998–2015
#20Cheyenne County40$02000–2019
#21Bent County40$01998–2022
#22Dolores County30$02000–2022
#23Gunnison County20$02013–2015
#24Logan County20$01996–1996
#25Huerfano County20$01996–2009
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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