Hail in Golden Jun 2, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 7 hail signatures up to 0.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature413
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Golden has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 52 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Golden saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jun 2, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 2, 2026 sits in Golden's hail record
This was Golden's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Golden at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Golden: the same system put hail over 635 other tracked cities, 7 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Black Hawk (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Arvada (13 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Shawnee (30 miles south, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Golden's Jun 2, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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 Golden. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Golden roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$5M
Potential roof exposure — 413 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Golden on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Golden, CO
Other storms in Golden
Jul 31, 2026
0.5"
Jul 28, 2026
0.5"
Jul 24, 2026
2.5"
Jun 26, 2026
1.5"
Jun 25, 2026
1"
May 29, 2026
0.75"
May 28, 2026