Heavy Rain in El Paso County, Colorado

Heavy Rain in El Paso County, Colorado: 250 recorded events between 2018 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #7 nationally and #1 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for heavy rain in El Paso County is the 2020s, when 226 of the county's 250 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 El Paso County archive, heavy rain makes up 9.2% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #7 for this hazard and #1 within Colorado, putting it in the 99.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Aug is the peak month for heavy rain in El Paso County with 104 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.

• Hail 1,911
• Flash Flood 182
• Thunderstorm Wind 168
• Tornado 97
• Lightning 51

How many heavy rain events are on record in El Paso County, Colorado?

250 heavy rain events are recorded in El Paso County between 2018 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in El Paso County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in El Paso County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for El Paso 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.