Hail Reports in Denver, Colorado — Last 90 Days

Hail is a recurring, budgetable risk in Denver — roughly 3 hail-producing storms in a typical year. The 90-day log below shows where the most recent activity landed relative to town, so you can judge whether your street was in a hail path.

Denver's Storm-Climate Context

Denver sits at 5,280 feet on Colorado's Front Range, a corridor known for damaging hail: NOAA Storm Events logged hail in Denver County in every year from 2014 through 2024, with stones up to 2.75 inches recorded in 2024 and a spike of 36 county hail reports in 2023. The semi-arid high-altitude climate adds intense UV exposure that ages asphalt shingles faster than at sea level, and repeated freeze-thaw cycles work fasteners and flashing loose, while heavy, wet spring snowstorms load roofs after hail season opens.

Colorado has no statewide roofing license — contractors are licensed city by city, so Denver homeowners should verify a current City and County of Denver contractor license and proof of insurance directly. After each major Front Range hailstorm, out-of-state storm chasers flood the metro; Colorado's Residential Roofing Act requires written contracts with a 72-hour cancellation right on insurance-funded work.

Hail Events Near Denver by Date

August 26, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

August 22, 2026 — 3 reports, hail up to 1.50″ (ping-pong-ball size)

August 15, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.75″ (golf-ball size) Largest in 90 days

August 14, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

August 13, 2026 — 7 reports, hail up to 1.75″ (golf-ball size) Largest in 90 days

July 28, 2026 — 1 report, hail up to 1.00″ (quarter size)

Preliminary Local Storm Reports from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Sizes are reported hailstone diameters; times are UTC. Reports can be added or corrected for about a day after each event. A quiet page section ≠ no hail — smaller or unreported events happen. The closest report in this window landed 6.2 miles from Denver's center.

Circle positions are the NOAA SPC report coordinates; tap a circle for the date and hail size.

Hail size: < 1″ 1–1.75″ ≥ 2″ not recorded

How Severe Was It? The NWS Yardstick, Applied to Denver's Reports

The National Weather Service calls hail severe at 1″ (quarter size) and significant at 2″ (hen-egg size). Scoring the 14 Denver-area reports (filed in Arapahoe, Douglas Counties) against that scale: 14 of them met the severe 1″+ criterion — the size at which asphalt shingles start taking granule loss and bruising that shows up as leaks a season later. Damage at these sizes is rarely visible from the ground but is typically covered by homeowners insurance when documented promptly.

What to Do If Your Roof Was in the Hail Path

1. Stay off the roof and read your yard instead. Granule piles at the downspouts, dings in gutters and window screens, shredded leaves — after the August 26, 2026 activity near Denver, those ground-level proxies tell you whether the roof took a hit.
2. Build the paper trail before anyone touches anything. Dated photos of the damage, a hailstone next to a coin if one is still around, and this NOAA log tying the loss to a specific Denver storm day are what the adjuster will ask for.
3. Expect door-knockers — and slow down. In a hail market like Denver, out-of-town crews canvass neighborhoods within days of an event. Do not sign a contract or an Assignment of Benefits on the doorstep; get a written inspection scope from a roofer you chose first.
4. File on your policy's clock, not the salesman's. Sudden storm damage is generally covered for Colorado homeowners, and your filing window comes from the policy itself. File promptly while the dates above are fresh, but on your terms.
5. Have your contractor at the adjuster meeting. A written scope keeps the estimate honest. Step-by-step: the roof insurance claim guide.

Hail History in Denver — the 10-Year Picture

The county behind Denver has logged 126 hail events over the last decade — a pace of roughly 13 per year — with the most severe stone measured at 2.75″. Against that 10-year baseline, the 6 hail days in this 90-day window run above the long-term average rate. Denver averages 3 hail-producing storms per year — check hail risk lookup for your address.

Denver's county sits right at the Colorado median of 130 hail events per county over 10 years — average exposure for the state, meaning the risk is real but not outsized compared with neighboring markets.

Denver's County, Year by Year (NOAA Archive)

NOAA Storm Events archive, Denver's county. Years with no row logged no hail events.

The county's busiest hail year in the archive was 2023 (36 recorded events), while the largest stone on record — 2.75″ — fell in 2024. If your roof predates 2023 and has never had a documented inspection, assume it has taken at least one unexamined hit.

Hail in Denver — Questions Homeowners Ask

Check Your Own ZIP in Denver

The county-level history above averages over the whole area. For a score tied to your address, run your ZIP through the hail risk lookup — ZIP codes in Denver County area include 80202, 80203, 80204, 80205, 80206, 80207, 80209, 80210.

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