Tornado History Map

Denver County, Colorado tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Denver County from 1966 to 2022, 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 Denver County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Denver County, Colorado between 1966 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 15 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 18 May 1975. The most recent was on 5 August 2022.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 2,025per 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 Denver County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01239%
F1 / EF11032%
F2 / EF2516%
F3 / EF326%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating26%

Denver County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 1980s.1960s21970s21980s131990s62010s62020s2

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s2
1980s13
1990s6
2010s6
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May6Jun15Jul6Aug2Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May6
Jun15
Jul6
Aug2
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Denver County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado18 May 1975, F3, 4.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado30 May 1976, F2, 5.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado5 August 2022, Unknown rating, 0 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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