Tornado History Map

Arapahoe County, Colorado tornado history

126 tornadoes recorded in or across Arapahoe County from 1964 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Arapahoe County

The Storm Prediction Center records 126 tornadoes whose paths touched Arapahoe County, Colorado between 1964 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 45 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 13 July 1996. The most recent was on 10 August 2025.

  • 126tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 11injuries
  • 1,579per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Arapahoe County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF07963%
F1 / EF13931%
F2 / EF254%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating32%

Arapahoe County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 39 in 1990s.1960s141970s101980s261990s392000s142010s162020s7

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s14
1970s10
1980s26
1990s39
2000s14
2010s16
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 45 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr3May20Jun45Jul39Aug15Sep3Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May20
Jun45
Jul39
Aug15
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Arapahoe County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Colorado tornado13 July 1996, F2, 12 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado10 August 2025, Unknown rating, 0.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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