Lightning TrackerColorado Springs storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history
Live watches and warnings for Colorado Springs, CO, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.
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Severe weather in Colorado Springs by the numbers
Colorado Springs sits in one of the most active severe-weather areas in the country: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 797 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 741 hail reports, 47 damaging-wind reports and 9 tornado reports. On average that is 15.2 days a year with at least one report.
Storm season here peaks in June, July, August, when 86% of all reports were filed.
In the last 12 months there were 13 hail reports, 1 wind report and 0 tornado reports around Colorado Springs; the largest hail was 2.50″ (tennis ball) on Jun 23, 2026.
Latest storm reports near Colorado Springs
| Date | Report | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Hail 1.00″ | 4 mi S · El Paso Co. |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Damaging wind | 7 mi E · El Paso Co. |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Hail 1.00″ | 2 mi N · El Paso Co. |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Hail 1.50″ | 10 mi SE · El Paso Co. |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Hail 1.00″ | 9 mi NE · El Paso Co. |
| Aug 24, 2025 | Hail 1.00″ | 5 mi E |
| Aug 24, 2025 | Damaging wind | 11 mi S |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Tornado EF1 | 22 mi NW |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Hail 1.50″ | 10 mi SE |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Damaging wind | 14 mi NE |
One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.
Storm reports by year
Storm season in Colorado Springs
All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.
Hail in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs averages 12.8 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 4.00 inches — about the size of a softball — reported 25 miles from the city centre on Aug 5, 2023. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.
Tornadoes near Colorado Springs
There have been 9 tornado reports within 25 miles of Colorado Springs since 2016; the strongest was rated EF1 (Jul 30, 2025, 22 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.
Storm alerts for Colorado Springs on your iPhone
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Questions about storms in Colorado Springs
Does Colorado Springs get a lot of severe storms?
Colorado Springs averages 15.2 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.
When is storm season in Colorado Springs?
Most severe-weather reports around Colorado Springs come in June, July, August.
What is the biggest hail recorded near Colorado Springs?
4.00 inches (softball size) on Aug 5, 2023, 25 miles from the city centre.
Have tornadoes hit near Colorado Springs?
Yes — 9 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF1 on Jul 30, 2025.
How do I get storm alerts for Colorado Springs?
The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Colorado Springs, CO. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.
How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Colorado Springs, CO. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Oct 1, 2026.