Tornado History Map

Yuma County, Colorado tornado history

120 tornadoes recorded in or across Yuma County from 1954 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Yuma County

The Storm Prediction Center records 120 tornadoes whose paths touched Yuma County, Colorado between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 37 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 8 August 2023. The most recent was on 9 August 2025.

  • 120tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 508per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Yuma County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF05848%
F1 / EF13428%
F2 / EF2108%
F3 / EF31<1%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating1714%

Yuma County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 28 in 1990s.1950s91960s51970s101980s181990s282000s162010s172020s17

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s9
1960s5
1970s10
1980s18
1990s28
2000s16
2010s17
2020s17
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 37 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr7May34Jun37Jul15Aug20Sep0Oct4Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr7
May34
Jun37
Jul15
Aug20
Sep0
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Yuma County

  • Strongest: Colorado tornado8 August 2023, EF3, 15.7 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado20 May 1957, F0, 70.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Colorado tornado9 August 2025, Unknown rating, 4.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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