Hail in Broomfield, CO on May 30, 2024
Radar-estimated up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 9 ground reports
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) over Broomfield between 9:17 PM and 9:29 PM, from 14 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 9 reports were filed in Broomfield; the largest measured 2.25" (hen egg size).
Ground reports filed in Broomfield
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 PM | 2.25" (hen egg size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:25 PM | 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:25 PM | 1.25" (half dollar size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:37 PM | 1.25" (half dollar size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:17 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (cocorahs) |
| 9:21 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (trained spotter) |
| 9:28 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:35 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
| 9:11 PM | 0.88" (nickel size) | NWS spotter report (trained spotter) |
What tennis ball-size hail does to a roof
Hail this large routinely cracks and punctures asphalt shingles, dents metal vents and gutters, and can break skylights. Damage is often visible from the ground, but bruised shingles that look intact can still fail early. Radar describes the storm, not your shingles: the only way to know what a particular roof took is an inspection. Most homeowner policies set a deadline for reporting storm damage, so check your policy.
Every home inside a storm's radar footprint, scored by roof age, material and hail history, sold to a few roofers only so you are not the twentieth truck on the street.
Other Colorado towns hit on May 30
- Commerce City, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 4" (softball size) · 11 reports
- Denver, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 4" (softball size) · 34 reports
- Thornton, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 3.5" (teacup size) · 10 reports
- Aurora, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 2.5" (tennis ball size) · 13 reports
- Watkins, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size)
- Erie, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 2" (hen egg size) · 1 report
- Northglenn, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size) · 6 reports
- Dacono, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Frederick, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Westminster, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 12 reports
- Firestone, CO · May 30, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size) · 1 report
- Englewood, CO · May 30, 2024ground reports · 1 report
Other hail days in Broomfield
- June 26, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- July 11, 2025radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 1 report
- June 25, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- June 17, 2025radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 5 reports
- May 18, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- July 4, 2023radar up to 1" (quarter size)
- June 21, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- June 5, 2023radar up to 1" (quarter size)
Radar sizes are estimates from NEXRAD hail signatures (NOAA Severe Weather Data Inventory) for the largest stones in a storm cell, not a measurement at any one home. Ground reports are National Weather Service local storm reports and the NOAA Storm Events Database, as filed. Town-level data only; this page shows no addresses and no homeowner information.