NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Calhan, CO
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Calhan, Colorado since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 117 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 117
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Calhan
The highest rating among the 117 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 5 times; the most recent, on June 7, 2012, came within 9 miles. Of the 117, 8 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 63 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 53. The most recent tornado was on August 5, 2023. Calhan has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 157 Colorado cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 172 times since 1969, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Calhan has more hail reports within 10 miles than 61% of the 157 Colorado cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Calhan
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s31
- 2000s28
- 1990s32
- 1980s9
- 1970s9
- 1960s3
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2012 | EF2 | 9 mi | 7.49 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 2009 | EF2 | 21 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 28, 2001 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 28, 2001 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 6, 1990 | F2 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 4, 2015 | EF1 | 16 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2015 | EF1 | 16 mi | 0.22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 2015 | EF1 | 15 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 2008 | EF1 | 11 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 2006 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 2004 | F1 | 23 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2004 | F1 | 11 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 117, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Calhan
The Storm Prediction Center has 172 hail reports within 10 miles of Calhan since 1969, made on 116 separate days. Of these, 122 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 20, 2001. The most recent report is from August 9, 2025. June has the most reports, 55.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Calhan
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rush 1N, CO, 15 miles southeast of Calhan at 6,054 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 16°F. July and August are the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 14.7 inches over 37 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 181 nights a year. Snowfall averages 31.3 inches a year, most of it in March. That 14.7 inches is more than at 34 of the 91 Colorado stations used on this site (37%). Peyton, 12 miles west, has its own station (Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, CO): 16.1 inches a year, 1.4 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 16 | 0.2 | 1 | 4.7 |
| Feb | 45 | 17 | 0.3 | 1 | 3.8 |
| Mar | 53 | 24 | 0.8 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 60 | 31 | 1.6 | 4 | 5.6 |
| May | 69 | 41 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 81 | 51 | 1.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 56 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 83 | 55 | 2.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 46 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 64 | 34 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Nov | 52 | 23 | 0.4 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Dec | 43 | 16 | 0.3 | 1 | 4.1 |
| Year | 63 | 34 | 14.7 | 37 | 31.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Rush 1N, CO (6,054 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Calhan
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Calhan: 14 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods, 7 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 6, 2020. Of the 144 Colorado cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 77 have had fewer than Calhan.
July 19, 2016: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Calhan — 3 injured.
NWS: “A lightning strike injured three people at the El Paso County Fairgrounds.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
El Paso County, which includes Calhan, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 floods, 5 fires, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, on August 25, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives El Paso County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Relatively Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $212.6 million a year, the 3rd highest of 64 Colorado counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $105.2 million (49%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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