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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.

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

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
117

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Calhan

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s31
  • 2000s28
  • 1990s32
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s9
  • 1960s3
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Calhan, Colorado
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 7, 2012EF29 mi7.49 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 2009EF221 mi4 mi0 / 0
May 28, 2001F211 mi0.3 mi0 / 5
May 28, 2001F211 mi0.5 mi0 / 4
Jun 6, 1990F217 mi2 mi0 / 2
Jun 4, 2015EF116 mi0.22 mi0 / 0
Jun 4, 2015EF115 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 13, 2008EF111 mi1.3 mi0 / 0
Jun 22, 2006F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 2004F123 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 10, 2004F111 mi9 mi0 / 0
May 28, 2001F112 mi0.1 mi0 / 4

The strongest 12 of 117, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Calhan while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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