Tornado History Map

Cheyenne County, Colorado tornado history

101 tornadoes recorded in or across Cheyenne County from 1955 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 Cheyenne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 101 tornadoes whose paths touched Cheyenne County, Colorado between 1955 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 36 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 May 1975. The most recent was on 23 May 2025.

  • 101tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 568per 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 Cheyenne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF06362%
F1 / EF11717%
F2 / EF233%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating1818%

Cheyenne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 27 in 2000s.1950s31960s21970s71980s71990s172000s272010s212020s17

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s7
1980s7
1990s17
2000s27
2010s21
2020s17
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 36 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr22May28Jun36Jul8Aug1Sep4Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr22
May28
Jun36
Jul8
Aug1
Sep4
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Cheyenne County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Colorado tornado10 May 1975, F2, 21.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado23 May 2025, Unknown rating, 0.5 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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