A regional view centered on Greeley
Northern Colorado weather does not stop at municipal or county boundaries. The completed archive uses a consistent 50-statute-mile circle around the Greeley geographic anchor, allowing supported observations across parts of the Front Range to be compared without presenting the anchor as a business address or treating every record as a Greeley event.
Live information versus historical records
Active NWS alerts and preliminary SPC reports answer what official sources are reporting now. The public NOAA/NCEI history window covers 2022 through 2026, with the current 2026 season kept preliminary in the live tracker until completed archive records are available. Keeping these sources separate prevents preliminary activity from silently changing verified historical totals and makes freshness easier to understand.
Interpreting regional patterns carefully
Annual totals, months, magnitudes, and mapped coordinates can reveal where observations cluster, but reporting density is influenced by population, observer coverage, and source precision. Multiple reports may describe one storm episode. The regional count is therefore a count of qualifying observations rather than a measure of separate storms or damaged vehicles.
Using the tracker after a Northern Colorado storm
Follow official warnings first. After the storm has passed, compare current reports with the vehicle’s location and exposure, photograph obvious damage, and look across clean panels in directional light. Peak Country serves Greeley, Weld County, and nearby Northern Colorado communities with mobile PDR by appointment. A professional inspection determines actual repairability.