Hail in Fort Collins, CO on July 20, 2024
Radar-estimated up to 2" (hen egg size) · 2 ground reports
Weather radar estimated hail of up to 2" (hen egg size) over Fort Collins between 6:50 PM and 7:22 PM, from 11 separate radar hail signatures inside the town. On the ground, 2 reports were filed in Fort Collins; the largest measured 1" (quarter size).
Ground reports filed in Fort Collins
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 6:53 PM | 1" (quarter size) | NWS spotter report (cocorahs) |
| 7:13 PM | 0.75" (penny size) | NWS spotter report (public) |
What hen egg-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 July 20
- Loveland, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 3" (teacup size) · 2 reports
- Berthoud, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 2.25" (hen egg size) · 5 reports
- Frederick, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size) · 2 reports
- Johnstown, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- Mead, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- Firestone, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- Dacono, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- Highlands Ranch, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- Thornton, CO · Jul 20, 2024radar up to 1" (quarter size) · 1 report
Other hail days in Fort Collins
- June 17, 2025radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- August 7, 2024radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size)
- August 27, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 3 reports
- August 3, 2023radar up to 1.75" (golf ball size) · 1 report
- July 31, 2023radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size) · 1 report
- June 21, 2023radar up to 2" (hen egg size) · 1 report
- May 27, 2023radar up to 1.25" (half dollar 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.