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Colorado damaging wind history

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 1,689 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in Colorado, 1,676 of them 58 mph or more and 236 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated), on 442 storm days. The day with the most reports since 1955 was June 6, 2020 (137 reports in Colorado). The highest wind on record is 125 mph, on August 28, 2025. 2026 so far: 247 preliminary reports.

1,689wind reports 2016–2025
1,67658 mph or more
23675 mph or more
125 mphhighest on record
2472026 preliminary reports

Colorado's biggest wind day since 2016: June 6, 2020

75 mph or more58–74 mphbelow 58 mph or no speed given

137 damaging wind reports in Colorado, 36 of 75 mph or more. All storm reports that day →

1990: 371991: 401992: 341993: 791994: 821995: 511996: 1241997: 531998: 551999: 612000: 1202001: 1142002: 622003: 682004: 992005: 1002006: 1132007: 792008: 722009: 1232010: 1112011: 1512012: 632013: 1042014: 1152015: 522016: 1092017: 562018: 1322019: 1252020: 3112021: 1402022: 1212023: 1512024: 2902025: 254199019931996199920022005200820112014201720202023max 311
Damaging wind reports per year in Colorado, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Days with the most damaging wind reports in Colorado

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
June 6, 202013736110 mph
May 14, 202551496 mph
June 8, 20243812112 mph
September 17, 202432175 mph
May 22, 2006321100 mph
August 1, 202526074 mph
June 2, 201222182 mph
June 30, 201122183 mph
June 8, 20202114113 mph
July 13, 202020481 mph
June 16, 201120490 mph
June 26, 200920381 mph
August 13, 202419283 mph
June 28, 200519181 mph
June 1, 199018496 mph

Highest wind speeds reported in Colorado

Storm dayWind reports75 mph+Highest
August 28, 202543125 mph
May 28, 200131121 mph
July 7, 2025103120 mph
July 1, 202152119 mph
September 1, 202111115 mph
August 18, 200071115 mph
June 19, 200071115 mph
August 11, 199921115 mph
August 31, 199732115 mph
August 9, 198111115 mph

Colorado damaging wind reports by year

YearDamaging wind reports58 mph+75 mph+HighestDays with reports
2026*24722017113 mph57
202525425316125 mph54
202429028831112 mph52
202315114824100 mph56
20221211201690 mph41
202114013620119 mph38
202031130959113 mph49
201912512523100 mph46
201813213211105 mph40
2017565610100 mph29
201610910926110 mph37
2015525117100 mph29
201411511531110 mph35
20131041041797 mph35
20126363887 mph25
20111511512692 mph45
20101111112090 mph38
20091231221992 mph40
200872721696 mph31
200779781392 mph37
20061131138100 mph34
20051001001286 mph40
200499991187 mph32
20036868490 mph25
200262621498 mph31
200111411420121 mph38
200012012014115 mph45
1999616113115 mph30
19985554992 mph34
1997535011115 mph37
19961241061594 mph43
199551421293 mph26
19948255481 mph34
19937936689 mph46
19923426175 mph24
199140278100 mph23
19903730496 mph15
19893622590 mph25
19883415176 mph23
19871613286 mph12
19862218070 mph16
19853123178 mph18
19843022291 mph21
198349294100 mph24
19823521179 mph19
198140237115 mph25
198023154100 mph21
19792617381 mph16
19781916290 mph14
19772417186 mph21
1976128063 mph10
1975208181 mph16
19742712072 mph16
1973239185 mph14
197214111115 mph11
19711310181 mph10
1970105064 mph9
1969127069 mph11
1968106071 mph9
196797175 mph6
1966166286 mph12
19651412069 mph10
196432059 mph3
1963103182 mph10
1962145060 mph13
19613–––3
19609–––9
195962175 mph6
19589–––9
195752277 mph5
1956125590 mph10
195531069 mph3

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed yet.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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