Hail in Colorado Springs · Sep 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Colorado Springs that day. At 2" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Colorado Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 19 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Colorado Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Colorado Springs, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 20, 2026 sits in Colorado Springs's hail record.
This was Colorado Springs's 21st recorded hail day, arriving 28 days after the Aug 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Colorado Springs at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Colorado Springs: the same system put hail over 253 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Pueblo (7 miles south, up to 2"); Boone (21 miles southeast, up to 2"); Yoder (25 miles east, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 21 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Colorado Springs. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Colorado Springs roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$96K
Potential roof exposure — 8 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Colorado Springs hail history
Other storms in Colorado Springs.
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 16, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
NEXRAD surface Jul 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
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