Tornado History Map

Otero County, Colorado tornado history

34 tornadoes recorded in or across Otero County from 1951 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 Otero County

The Storm Prediction Center records 34 tornadoes whose paths touched Otero County, Colorado between 1951 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 20 October 1953. The most recent was on 6 July 2022.

  • 34tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 269per 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 Otero County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01544%
F1 / EF11132%
F2 / EF226%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating515%

Otero County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1950s51960s31970s21980s41990s72000s22010s62020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s3
1970s2
1980s4
1990s7
2000s2
2010s6
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May8Jun15Jul4Aug2Sep0Oct4Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May8
Jun15
Jul4
Aug2
Sep0
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Otero County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado20 October 1953, F3, 11.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado18 June 1951, F2, 29.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado6 July 2022, EF0, 3.2 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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