NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Laporte, 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 Laporte, Colorado since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Laporte
The highest rating among the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 22, 2008, came within 5 miles. Of the 86, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 16 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 26. The most recent tornado was on July 31, 2023. Laporte has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 157 Colorado cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 253 times since 1961, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Laporte has more hail reports within 10 miles than 76% of the 157 Colorado cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Laporte
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s3
- 2000s12(1 EF3+)
- 1990s26
- 1980s25
- 1970s8
- 1960s4(1 EF3+)
- 1950s7
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2008 | EF3 | 5 mi | 38.69 mi | 1 / 78 |
| Apr 23, 1960 | F3 | 24 mi | 17.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 22, 2008 | EF2 | 23 mi | 25.13 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 9, 1990 | F2 | 11 mi | 23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1976 | F2 | 8 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 1965 | F2 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1957 | F2 | 17 mi | 1.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 30, 1957 | F2 | 19 mi | 9.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 10, 1955 | F2 | 24 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 4, 2004 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1990 | F1 | 8 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 1988 | F1 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Laporte
The Storm Prediction Center has 253 hail reports within 10 miles of Laporte since 1961, made on 127 separate days. Of these, 169 were 1 inch across or larger, and 16 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on July 30, 1979. The most recent report is from June 17, 2025. June has the most reports, 99.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Laporte
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Buckhorn Mountain 1 E, CO, 8 miles southwest of Laporte at 7,400 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 56°F; February is the coolest, at 40°F and 20°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 164 nights a year. Snowfall averages 165.7 inches a year, most of it in April. That 21.4 inches is more than at 80 of the 91 Colorado stations used on this site (88%). Fort Collins, 10 miles southeast, has its own station (Fort Collins, CO): 15.9 inches a year, 5.5 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 79°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 21 | 0.7 | 2 | 15.1 |
| Feb | 40 | 20 | 0.7 | 3 | 18.5 |
| Mar | 47 | 26 | 1.7 | 4 | 28.7 |
| Apr | 51 | 30 | 2.9 | 6 | 35.2 |
| May | 60 | 39 | 3.4 | 7 | 14.0 |
| Jun | 72 | 49 | 2.2 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 79 | 56 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 78 | 55 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 70 | 47 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Oct | 57 | 36 | 1.5 | 4 | 14.1 |
| Nov | 47 | 28 | 1.0 | 3 | 19.3 |
| Dec | 40 | 20 | 0.7 | 2 | 16.9 |
| Year | 57 | 35 | 21.4 | 51 | 165.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Buckhorn Mountain 1 E, CO (7,400 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 Laporte
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 34 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Laporte: 14 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods and 10 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 12, and the NWS estimated $523,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 87 mph, on May 22, 2008. July has had the most flash floods, 5 of 10. Of the 144 Colorado cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 94 have had fewer than Laporte.
July 24, 2008: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Laporte — 2 killed.
July 18, 2013: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Laporte — 9 injured.
July 28, 1996: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Laporte — 2 injured.
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 Laporte's ZIP code 80535 have filed 84 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $716,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Late summer storms in 2013: 32 claims (38% of all) and $648,000, then Flooding in 1997 with 25. 68% 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, 42 have fewer than Laporte.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Late summer storms2013 | 32 | $648,000 |
| Flooding1997 | 25 | $41,000 |
Larimer County, which includes Laporte, has been named in 30 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 fires, 7 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Wildfires, on January 15, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Larimer County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding; Relatively Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $126.5 million a year, the 6th highest of 64 Colorado counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $54.3 million (43%), 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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