NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Manitou Springs, 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 Manitou Springs, Colorado since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 63 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 63
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Manitou Springs
The highest rating among the 63 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 24, 1979, passed within a mile of the city centre. Of the 63, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 26 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 29. The most recent tornado was on July 30, 2025. Manitou Springs has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 49% of the 157 Colorado cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 495 times since 1956, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Manitou Springs has more hail reports within 10 miles than 92% of the 157 Colorado cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Manitou Springs
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s12
- 2000s8
- 1990s18
- 1980s4
- 1970s9(2 EF3+)
- 1960s5
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1979 | F3 | in town | 4.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 13, 1977 | F3 | 5 mi | 4.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2014 | EF2 | 24 mi | 6.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1977 | F2 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 1977 | F2 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 11, 1977 | F2 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | EF1 | 16 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | EF1 | 13 mi | 0.43 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | EF1 | 12 mi | 0.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 20, 2023 | EF1 | 7 mi | 1.45 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2014 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 18, 2009 | EF1 | 24 mi | 9.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 63, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Manitou Springs
The Storm Prediction Center has 495 hail reports within 10 miles of Manitou Springs since 1956, made on 220 separate days. Of these, 366 were 1 inch across or larger, and 28 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently August 6, 2018. The most recent report is from July 6, 2025. June has the most reports, 161.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Manitou Springs
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Ruxton Park, CO, 2 miles west of Manitou Springs at 9,060 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 74°F and low of 47°F; January is the coolest, at 39°F and 13°F. July and August are the wettest at 3.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 24.0 inches over 61 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 240 nights a year. Snowfall averages 133.5 inches a year, most of it in April. That 24.0 inches is more than at 84 of the 91 Colorado stations used on this site (92%). Colorado Springs, 7 miles east, has its own station (Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, CO): 16.1 inches a year, 7.9 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 74°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 13 | 0.7 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Feb | 39 | 14 | 1.0 | 3 | 13.6 |
| Mar | 45 | 20 | 1.9 | 5 | 26.2 |
| Apr | 51 | 26 | 3.1 | 6 | 32.3 |
| May | 59 | 33 | 2.6 | 6 | 9.6 |
| Jun | 71 | 42 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 74 | 47 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 72 | 45 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 66 | 39 | 1.9 | 5 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 56 | 30 | 1.2 | 3 | 10.4 |
| Nov | 46 | 20 | 0.9 | 3 | 12.6 |
| Dec | 39 | 13 | 0.8 | 3 | 14.1 |
| Year | 55 | 28 | 24.0 | 61 | 133.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Ruxton Park, CO (9,060 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 Manitou Springs
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 201 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Manitou Springs: 98 heavy rain events, 68 flash floods, 19 thunderstorm wind reports, 9 lightning strikes and 7 floods. They killed 4 people and injured 12, and the NWS estimated $18.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 74 mph, on June 19, 2000. July has had the most flash floods, 26 of 68. Of the 144 Colorado cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 142 have had fewer than Manitou Springs.
August 9, 2013: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Manitou Springs — 1 killed, 3 injured, $2.0 million damage.
May 30, 2001: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Manitou Springs — 1 killed, 3 injured.
September 2, 2007: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Manitou Springs — 1 killed, 3 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 Manitou Springs's ZIP code 80829 have filed 118 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $3.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Late summer storms in 2013: 21 claims (18% of all) and $366,000. 18% 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, 47 have fewer than Manitou Springs.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Late summer storms2013 | 21 | $366,000 |
El Paso County, which includes Manitou Springs, 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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