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Extreme

winter-storm Winter Storm Risk in Colorado

Overall State Risk Score: 9/10

Colorado faces extreme winter-storm risk. 10 of 64 counties (16%) rated high or very high by FEMA National Risk Index.

Seasonal pattern: December-March

Highest-Risk Cities in Colorado

1
Colorado Springs, CO
Extreme · 21 historical events
FEMA: 9Historical: 10
2
Denver, CO
Very High · 40 historical events
FEMA: 7Historical: 10

Notable Winter Storm Events

Snow Squall - Pikes Peak region, Colorado, United States

February 19, 2026 — WARNING

Colorado Springs, CO

111,000 people exposed; $19,174M capital exposed

Other Hazards in Colorado

earthquake
Earthquake Risk
Score: 3/10
wildfire
Wildfire Risk
Score: 7/10
hurricane
Hurricane Risk
Score: 0/10
flood
Flood Risk
Score: 0/10
tornado
Tornado Risk
Score: 7/10
landslide
Landslide Risk
Score: 7/10
extreme-heat
Extreme Heat Risk
Score: 3/10
drought
Drought Risk
Score: 7/10
high-wind
High Wind Risk
Score: 7/10
tsunami
Tsunami Risk
Score: 0/10

How this data is built

Colorado winter storm risk combines Historical Event Intelligence with authoritative hazard modeling from the Geospatial Intelligence Layers catalog. Live event monitoring is available through the Event Intelligence API and the DisasterAWARE Platform.

The data behind this page

Every score and event here comes from DisasterAWARE's hazard database — available as downloadable historical datasets and a real-time API.

Historical winter storm event data for Colorado — free dataset samples →Real-time winter storm alerts by API →

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