NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wray, 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 Wray, Colorado since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 79 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 79
- 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 Wray
The strongest of the 79 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on June 6, 1967; its path came within 16 miles. Of the 79, 10 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on August 9, 2025. Wray has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 51% of the 157 Colorado cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 240 times since 1958, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Wray has more hail reports within 10 miles than 73% of the 157 Colorado cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Wray
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s10
- 2000s8
- 1990s23
- 1980s14
- 1970s9
- 1960s5(1 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1967 | F3 | 16 mi | 40.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 2016 | EF2 | 4 mi | 7.94 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jun 7, 1994 | F2 | 12 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1994 | F2 | 20 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1988 | F2 | 11 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 31, 1985 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 11, 1984 | F2 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 1975 | F2 | 21 mi | 12.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 1972 | F2 | 18 mi | 19.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Oct 17, 1971 | F2 | 1 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 9 |
| Jul 7, 1957 | F2 | 13 mi | 34.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 11, 2019 | EF1 | 14 mi | 1.58 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 79, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Wray
The Storm Prediction Center has 240 hail reports within 10 miles of Wray since 1958, made on 121 separate days. Of these, 171 were 1 inch across or larger, and 25 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.25 inches, fell on June 21, 2006. The most recent report is from September 16, 2025. May has the most reports, 60.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Wray
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wray, CO, 1 mile north of Wray at 3,553 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 16°F. July is the wettest at 3.4 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 18.4 inches over 41 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 54 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 165 nights a year. Snowfall averages 28.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 18.4 inches is more than at 70 of the 91 Colorado stations used on this site (77%). Yuma, 26 miles west, has its own station (Yuma, CO): 17.9 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 16 | 0.4 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 46 | 18 | 0.6 | 2 | 6.2 |
| Mar | 56 | 26 | 0.8 | 2 | 4.4 |
| Apr | 64 | 33 | 1.9 | 4 | 2.4 |
| May | 73 | 45 | 2.9 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 85 | 56 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 61 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 59 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 49 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 67 | 35 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Nov | 54 | 24 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Dec | 44 | 16 | 0.4 | 2 | 4.4 |
| Year | 66 | 36 | 18.4 | 41 | 28.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Wray, CO (3,553 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 Wray
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 88 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wray: 81 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $322,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 120 mph, on July 7, 2025. Of the 144 Colorado cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 68 have had fewer than Wray.
July 23, 2020: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Wray — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Multiple roads across the flooded part of the county were washed out. Notable road closures include Highway 34 closed from Benkelman to Highway 385 at Wray, River Road closed from Parks to Doane, and Avenue 328 closed due to four feet of water over the road.”
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
Yuma County, which includes Wray, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 1 coastal storm, 1 fire, 1 flood). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 28, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Yuma County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.5 million a year, the 29th highest of 64 Colorado counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 million (19%), is from hail.
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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