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Denver Metropolitan Area County, Colorado

Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1997 and 2001, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.

0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
44
All events
3
Deaths
$3.1M
Property damage

Year by year

19972001
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All storm eventsTornadoes

NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.

Most significant events

The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.

December 18, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Cold/Wind Chill Cold/Wind Chill3 deaths, 15 injuries
An Arctic airmass settled in over northeastern Colorado dropping overnight temperatures well below zero for 6 consecutive days. Overnight temperatures bottomed out at 19 degrees below zero on the morning of the 22nd. At least 15 people, mostly homeless, were treated for hypotherm…
April 11, 2001 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Blizzard Blizzard$3.1M damage
March 25, 2001 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
March 10, 2001 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 8, 2001 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
January 15, 2001 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
December 17, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
November 30, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind1 injury
September 23, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
September 17, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heat Heat
The record high temperature of 95 at Denver International Airport broke three record extremes. The afternoon maximum temperature broke the previous record for the day of 94 set in 1895. It also marked the warmest it has been so late in the month of September, which incidently was…
September 16, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heat Heat
The record high temperature of 95 at Denver International Airport established or tied three different record extremes. The afternoon maximum temperature broke the previous record high for the day of 92 set over a century ago in 1895; it also marked the warmest that it has been so…
June 29, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heat Heat
June 29th marked the beginning of a near record hot streak for the Denver area. The maximum high temperature at Denver International Airport equalled or exceeded the 90 degree mark for 17 consecutive days, from June 29th-July 15th; one day short of tying the all time record. The …
April 18, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind3 injuries
March 30, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
March 20, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
March 15, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 25, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
February 15, 2000 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
October 16, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
April 21, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
April 14, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
April 9, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
April 8, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
April 1, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 22, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
February 22, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
February 17, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
February 10, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
February 10, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Winter Storm Winter Storm
February 2, 1999 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
December 30, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
November 18, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
November 10, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind1 injury
June 13, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
April 2, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Winter Storm Winter Storm
March 18, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Winter Storm Winter Storm
March 6, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
February 25, 1998 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
December 29, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
December 27, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
December 8, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Winter Storm Winter Storm
November 28, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Winter Storm Winter Storm
October 24, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
Blizzard Blizzard
October 11, 1997 · Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado
High Wind High Wind
Events by year, as a table
YearEventsTornadoes
200150
2000120
1999120
199890
199760