Heavy Rain in La Plata County, Colorado

Heavy Rain in La Plata County, Colorado: 59 recorded events between 1997 and 2018. The strongest on record measured 1.34. That places the county #74 nationally and #4 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for heavy rain in La Plata County is the 2000s, when 28 of the county's 59 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 La Plata County archive, heavy rain makes up 23.0% of all recorded severe weather across 11 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #74 for this hazard and #4 within Colorado, putting it in the 96.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for heavy rain in La Plata County with 23 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.

• Flash Flood 64
• Hail 40

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

How many heavy rain events are on record in La Plata County, Colorado?

59 heavy rain events are recorded in La Plata County between 1997 and 2018, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in La Plata County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in La Plata County measured 1.34.

Where does the heavy rain data for La Plata 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.