NOAA hail reports · updated hourly

Hail in Colorado: today, this week and the last ten years

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in Colorado: today's and yesterday's as they come in, the last 90 days, and ten years of history. Each report is hail of 1 inch or larger — the size that damages roofs.

Today and yesterday

No hail reported in Colorado today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

81 hail reports, 13 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 1" on September 22, 2026 near 4 S Colorado Springs, El Paso County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 221"4 S Colorado Springs, El Paso County
Sep 204"3 S Chivington, Kiowa County
Sep 203.1"9 S Brandon, Kiowa County
Sep 202.75"4 NE Wild Horse, Cheyenne County
Sep 202.75"3 E Wild Horse, Cheyenne County
Sep 202.75"5 N Eads, Kiowa County
Sep 202.5"10 N Boyero, Lincoln County
Sep 202.5"6 N Wild Horse, Cheyenne County
Sep 202.5"6 S Kit Carson, Cheyenne County
Sep 202"4 SSE Kit Carson, Cheyenne County
Sep 201.75"8 SSW Holyoke, Phillips County
Sep 201.75"5 N Alvin, Yuma County
Sep 201.5"3 W Genoa, Lincoln County
Sep 201.5"9 E Queens Reservoir, Kiowa County
Sep 201.25"1.5 SSE Genoa, Lincoln County
Sep 201"6 N Alvin, Yuma County
Sep 201"Kit Carson, Cheyenne County
Sep 193"7 SW Bethune, Kit Carson County
Sep 192"7 SSW Bethune, Kit Carson County
Sep 191.75"3 E Flagler, Kit Carson County
Sep 191.25"5 N Matheson, Elbert County
Sep 191.25"2 WSW Flagler, Kit Carson County
Sep 191"3 SW Meeker, Rio Blanco County
Sep 191"Genoa, Lincoln County
Sep 181"Dinosaur, Moffat County

The 25 most recent of 81.

1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 5.25"August 8, 2023
  • 4.83"August 13, 2019
  • 4.5"May 21, 2026 · 7 SE Last Chance
  • 4.5"August 11, 2019
  • 4.25"June 25, 2017

Colorado's hailiest large cities, 2016–2025

Days with 1-inch-plus hail within 25 km, and each city's rank among 342 large US cities — the US cities with the most hail.

  • Colorado Springs89 days · #1
  • Centennial59 days · #13
  • Thornton51 days · #20
  • Denver48 days · #25
  • Westminster46 days · #28
  • Lakewood44 days · #31
  • Greeley43 days · #32
  • Arvada43 days · #33

Did it hail at your house?

Check every NOAA hail report within 10 km of your address, back ten years — then see what a new roof would cost, measured from satellite.

Questions

Did it hail in Colorado today?

No hail had been reported in Colorado by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center today or yesterday when this page was last refreshed (hourly).

How often does it hail in Colorado?

NOAA logged between 178 and 700 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in Colorado from 2016 to 2025.

Did hail hit my house?

A report is a point where someone measured hail, not the storm's whole path. Check NOAA reports within 10 km of your own address with the free hail check, and have a licensed roofer inspect before anyone files a claim.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe-weather reports — its daily files for today and yesterday, read hourly, and its archive from 2016. A report is where a spotter or member of the public measured hail, so a storm can be bigger than its reports. Other states: hail by state.