NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Evergreen, 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 Evergreen, Colorado since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 34 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 34
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Evergreen
The strongest of the 34 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 15, 1988; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 34, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on June 22, 2023. Of the 157 Colorado cities on this site, 54% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Evergreen. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 98 times since 1965, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 157 Colorado cities, 50% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Evergreen.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Evergreen
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s10
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s1
- 1960s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1988 | F3 | 24 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Jun 15, 1988 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 1981 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 2023 | EF1 | 20 mi | 6.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1997 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1996 | F1 | 22 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 1987 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1987 | F1 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1987 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1982 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1982 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 30, 1982 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 34, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Evergreen
The Storm Prediction Center has 98 hail reports within 10 miles of Evergreen since 1965, made on 59 separate days. Of these, 72 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on June 22, 2023. The most recent report is from August 23, 2025. June has the most reports, 47.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Evergreen
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Evergreen, CO, 3 miles east of Evergreen at 6,985 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 49°F; December is the coolest, at 44°F and 13°F. May is the wettest at 2.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 18.7 inches over 48 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 6 days a year, almost all from June to July. Lows fall below freezing on about 215 nights a year. Snowfall averages 80.8 inches a year, most of it in March. That 18.7 inches is more than at 72 of the 91 Colorado stations used on this site (79%). Morrison, 10 miles east, has its own station (Marston Fltr Plt, CO): 16.7 inches a year, 2.0 less than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 81°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 13 | 0.6 | 2 | 8.8 |
| Feb | 44 | 13 | 0.9 | 3 | 11.4 |
| Mar | 51 | 21 | 1.8 | 4 | 17.0 |
| Apr | 56 | 27 | 2.4 | 5 | 14.9 |
| May | 64 | 36 | 2.5 | 6 | 2.7 |
| Jun | 76 | 43 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 81 | 49 | 2.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 47 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 40 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 61 | 29 | 1.2 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 51 | 20 | 0.8 | 3 | 10.4 |
| Dec | 44 | 13 | 0.7 | 2 | 8.0 |
| Year | 60 | 29 | 18.7 | 48 | 80.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Evergreen, CO (6,985 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 Evergreen
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 15 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Evergreen: 4 flash floods, 4 heavy rain events, 3 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $413,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 71 mph, on July 30, 2004.
August 8, 2008: lightning strike 3 miles from the centre of Evergreen — 1 injured, $1,000 damage.
September 14, 2013: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Evergreen — $256,000 damage.
NWS: “The combination of heavy rain, coupled with extremely saturated ground conditions, produced additional flash flooding. According to FEMA, 113 households in the county were impacted by flooding.”
June 24, 2026: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Evergreen — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Flash flooding occurred along Bear and Upper Bear Creek in the Evergreen/Kittridge area late evening June 24 2006 and early morning June 25. Rainfall reports showed two to four inches of rain fell in a two hour period with much of it falling in one hour.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Evergreen's ZIP code 80439 have filed 58 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $777,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Late summer storms in 2013: 15 claims (26% of all) and $48,000. 26% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 56 Colorado cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 37 have fewer than Evergreen.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Late summer storms2013 | 15 | $48,000 |
Jefferson County, which includes Evergreen, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 5 floods, 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 Jefferson County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hail and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding and strong wind; Relatively Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $231.4 million a year, the highest of 64 Colorado counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $77.4 million (33%), 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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