Tornado History Map

Douglas County, Colorado tornado history

71 tornadoes recorded in or across Douglas County from 1951 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 Douglas County

The Storm Prediction Center records 71 tornadoes whose paths touched Douglas County, Colorado between 1951 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 26 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 20 May 1961. The most recent was on 14 July 2025.

  • 71tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 6injuries
  • 845per 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 Douglas County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03955%
F1 / EF13042%
F2 / EF223%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Douglas County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in 1980s.1950s31960s91970s101980s201990s112000s102010s62020s2

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
1960s9
1970s10
1980s20
1990s11
2000s10
2010s6
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 26 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May11Jun26Jul20Aug9Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May11
Jun26
Jul20
Aug9
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Douglas County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado20 May 1961, F2, 2 injuries, 2 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado22 June 2023, EF1, 6.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado14 July 2025, EF1, 0.3 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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