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Hail in Colorado Springs · Jul 28, 2026

NEXRAD logged 35 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,508
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Colorado Springs has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.9 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
68 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Colorado Springs saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 28, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Radar signature field

NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.

Max size 1.5" Detections 35
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 28, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jul 28, 2026 sits in Colorado Springs's hail record.

This was Colorado Springs's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Colorado Springs at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Colorado Springs: the same system put hail over 686 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Yoder (22 miles east, up to 2.75"); Penrose (28 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Victor (30 miles west, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 Colorado Springs storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

No reports filed with the NWS

These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Colorado Springs for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Colorado Springs roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

2,508 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$30M

Potential roof exposure — 2,508 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
13 jobs
Illustrative work
~$195K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,508 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $527 on top of the $150 plan.

Colorado Springs hail history

Other storms in Colorado Springs.

20 recorded storm days in Colorado Springs, CO
← All hail in Colorado Springs
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 23, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 22, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 20, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 19, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 16, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Aug 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 27, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 24, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 24, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 22, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 10, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 7, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jul 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jun 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jun 23, 2026

2.5"
Estimated 2.5"
21 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jun 22, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jun 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jun 6, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
7 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Colorado Springs, CO on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Colorado Springs / CO

May 29, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 24, 2026.