Hail in Sterling, CO on July 30, 2023
Reported 2.5" (tennis ball size)
Hail was reported on the ground in Sterling this day. We hold no radar hail signature of one inch or more inside the town for it, either because the core passed just outside or because our radar archive does not cover this area. On the ground, 1 report was filed in Sterling; the largest measured 2.5" (tennis ball size).
Ground reports filed in Sterling
| Time | Hail size | Source |
|---|---|---|
| time not given | 2.5" (tennis ball size) | NOAA Storm Events (public) |
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 hail days in Sterling
- September 5, 2026radar up to 1" (quarter size) · 1 report
- August 15, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- July 22, 2026radar up to 1.25" (half dollar size)
- July 3, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- June 22, 2026ground reports · 2 reports
- June 20, 2026ground reports · 1 report
- June 12, 2025radar up to 1.5" (ping-pong ball size)
- June 2, 2025ground reports · 1 report
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.