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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

 

Welcome to the Lightning Casualty Graphs section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page. This page shows several charts and graphs of lighting casualties in the state of Colorado since 1980. Be sure to scroll down to see all of the charts.

Updated through 2023.

 

The chart above shows the lightning casualties (injuries and fatalities) by gender since 1980.

 

 

The chart above shows the number of people injured  or killed by lightning in Colorado since 1980. NOTE: there were no reported lightning injuries or fatalities during 2022 or 2023 in the state of Colorado.

 

 

The chart above shows the lightning injuries and fatalities by month since 1980.

 

 

The chart above shows the day of the week when lightng casualties occurred in Colorado. Data since 1980.

 

 

The chart above shows the time when lightning casualties occurred in the state of Colorado. Data since 1980.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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