Thunderstorm Wind in Las Animas County, Colorado

Thunderstorm Wind in Las Animas County, Colorado: 40 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,803 nationally and #30 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Las Animas County is the 2000s, when 11 of the county's 40 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Las Animas County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 9.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,803 for this hazard and #30 within Colorado, putting it in the 11.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Las Animas County with 13 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Las Animas County, Colorado?

40 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Las Animas County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Las Animas County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Las Animas County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Las Animas County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.