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Hail dates in Kit Carson County, Colorado
The National Weather Service has recorded hail in Kit Carson County on 97 days since 2016 (266 separate reports, 208 of them quarter-size or larger). The largest stone on record was 4.83" (grapefruit) on August 13, 2019; the most recent hail was June 22, 2026. Every row below is an official NWS record. Check hail at your exact address, free →
Every hail day in Kit Carson County since 2016
One row per day the NWS logged hail somewhere in the county. The narrative names the town; the free check below narrows it to your address.
| Date | Largest hail | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 7 | The report came through mPING. |
| 2026-06-08 | 4.00" (softball) | 11 | Hail ranged from three and one-half to four inches in diameter, measured with a ruler. |
| 2026-06-01 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | — |
| 2026-05-21 | 2.50" (tennis ball) | 9 | Report from mPing. |
| 2026-05-17 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 4 | Quite a bit of hail up to quarter size covered the ground. |
| 2026-04-26 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 2 | Hail ranged from pea to ping pong ball size. This was south of Bethune between CR N and P on CR 40. |
| 2025-10-16 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Hail ranged from penny to quarter in size. Hail and wind broke glass in exterior door. |
| 2025-09-09 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | Estimated quarter to golf ball sized hail that was accumulating. Time estimated based on radar. |
| 2025-08-18 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Trained spotter reported hail ranging in size from pea to quarters in size. |
| 2025-08-10 | 0.75" (penny) | 2 | The public reported penny sized hail at the location. |
| 2025-08-04 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Trained spotter reported dime to penny sized hail, 40 MPH winds, and heavy rain in Stratton. No flooding or damage reported. |
| 2025-06-06 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | Majority of the hail was around half inch but a few larger stones around quarter size occurred. |
| 2025-06-05 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | Hail, up to 1.75 inches, was accumulating and about 3-4 inches deep. |
| 2025-05-28 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | Nickel sized hail was reported in Burlington. |
| 2025-05-23 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 3 | Report of 2 inch hail in Stratton with no rain or wind. |
| 2025-05-18 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 4 | A storm chaser reported hen egg size hail. |
| 2024-08-22 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | Public report of half dollar to golf ball hail. Skylight was broken and winds were strong, but was unable to provide an estimate. |
| 2024-08-17 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Penny size hail along with heavy rain but no wind. |
| 2024-07-07 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 8 | Pea to golf ball sized hail fell over a duration of five minutes. |
| 2024-06-13 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Dime to penny sized hail was observed. |
| 2024-06-08 | 2.75" (baseball) | 5 | Public report of estimated 2.75 inch hail. |
| 2024-05-30 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Trained spotter reported mostly nickel sized hail with a few quarter sized stones. |
| 2024-05-28 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 4 | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell for approximately 30 minutes. |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | — |
| 2023-08-08 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Hail was observed at MM 447 on I-70. |
| 2023-08-07 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Report received via mPing of quarter sized hail at location. |
| 2023-08-05 | 0.75" (penny) | 2 | Pea to penny sized hail observed over a duration of 5 minutes. |
| 2023-07-20 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | Public report of Nickel sized hail. |
| 2023-07-13 | 2.75" (baseball) | 4 | At 1:39PM MDT, report received that a few baseball sized hailstones fell at location. Hail averaged between one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch in diame… |
| 2023-07-10 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | — |
| 2023-06-30 | 0.88" (nickel) | 4 | Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| 2023-06-23 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 5 | Spotter reported 2 inch hail at location via social media. |
| 2023-06-21 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Report received of quarter sized hail at location. |
| 2023-06-16 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 2 | Trained spotter reports hail up to golf ball size. |
| 2023-06-01 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Public report of 0.75 inch hail with visibility reduced to less than 0.25 mile in heavy rain. The storm did not last long. |
| 2023-05-04 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Accumulating pea to penny sized hail observed with a depth up to 1 inch. |
| 2023-05-01 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Report received of hail up to pennies in size at location. Time is radar estimated. |
| 2022-08-31 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | The hail ranged from pea to quarter in size. |
| 2022-07-27 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 3 | The hail was up to lime in size and occurred with wind gusts over 60 MPH that caused unspecified damage. A total of 1.75 inches of rain occurred as well. |
| 2022-07-26 | 1.25" (half dollar) | 2 | — |
| 2022-07-24 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | — |
| 2022-06-07 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 9 | Several reports of dime to egg sized hail reported over a duration of ten minutes in the town of Bethune. Small tree limbs were reported to be damaged due to… |
| 2022-06-05 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | — |
| 2022-06-03 | 1.00" (quarter) | 3 | Spotter reported hail ranging between peas to quarters in size at location. |
| 2021-08-26 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Report received of pea to quarter sized hail at location. Time is radar-estimated. |
| 2021-08-12 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 2 | Hail of atleast golf ball in size falling in town. |
| 2021-07-16 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Report received of hail ranging from pea sized up to penny sized falling at location for a 25 minute duration. |
| 2021-06-24 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Report received via social media hail up to quarter size at location. Time is estimated by radar and reporting individual. |
| 2021-05-29 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 6 | Sheriff reported hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size near location. Time is estimated from radar. |
| 2021-05-23 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 4 | Storm chaser with KAKE reported golf ball sized hail at location. |
| 2021-05-16 | 0.88" (nickel) | 2 | The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size. |
| 2021-04-27 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | A supercell thunderstorm developed and moved across northern Kit Carson County producing golf ball sized hail for a duration of ten minutes. |
| 2020-08-16 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | Multiple reports of various sized hail ranging from nickel to golf ball in size for an approximate duration of seven minutes. |
| 2020-08-15 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 4 | Golf ball sized hail reported at location. |
| 2020-08-11 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | — |
| 2020-07-26 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | A citizen observed hail up to penny in size due to a strong thunderstorm. |
| 2020-07-20 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | — |
| 2020-07-02 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 4 | Numerous reports from trained spotters and the general public of various sized hail in Burlington. Hail sizes varied from penny to golf ball. |
| 2020-06-03 | 0.75" (penny) | 2 | Dime to penny sized hail reported. |
| 2020-05-03 | 0.88" (nickel) | 3 | Pea to nickel size hail reported via social media. |
| 2019-08-14 | 2.50" (tennis ball) | 5 | A member of the public reported tennis ball size hail as well as window damage. |
| 2019-08-13 | 4.83" (grapefruit) | 6 | The Colorado State Climatologist measured the hailstone using a set of calipers to get the exact measurement to the hundredth of an inch. The hailstone measu… |
| 2019-07-29 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 7 | Ping pong to golf ball hail reported. The wind blown hail broke two windows. |
| 2019-05-04 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | Drove through the hail after the storm had passed by. Most of the hail was pea size. Ground was white with hail. Estimated time of report from radar. |
| 2019-04-21 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | Several inches of hail is on the ground. The hail ranged from pea to golf ball in size. |
| 2018-08-07 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 3 | The hail ranged from golf ball to hen egg in size, covering the ground to a depth of six inches. |
| 2018-07-29 | 2.75" (baseball) | 4 | The hail started out as baseball size then declined to quarter size. The hail was accompanied with wind gusts of an unknown magnitude due to the hail damagi… |
| 2018-07-28 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | — |
| 2018-07-27 | 3.50" (tea cup) | 1 | The hail report was in I-70 near Flagler. |
| 2018-07-26 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | — |
| 2018-07-22 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | — |
| 2018-06-24 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | The hail started out the size of a quarter then decreased to pea size. The hail was two inches deep. |
| 2018-06-23 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 5 | Homeowner did not return until an hour after the storm was over. The size of the divots in the ground was used in estimating the size of the hailstones. |
| 2018-06-22 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | — |
| 2018-06-19 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | — |
| 2018-06-08 | 0.88" (nickel) | 2 | The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size. |
| 2018-05-29 | 1.00" (quarter) | 4 | A brief period of nickel to quarter size hail occurred. |
| 2018-05-28 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 2 | The hail ranged from half dollar to ping-pong ball in size. |
| 2018-05-27 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 5 | Quarter to golf ball size hail reported 8-10 miles north of Bethune. |
| 2018-05-24 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | — |
| 2018-05-14 | 2.75" (baseball) | 2 | The hail broke out the windshield on the chase vehicle. |
| 2017-09-14 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Mostly pea to dime size hail fell. There were a few quarter size hail stones that fell. |
| 2017-08-14 | 1.25" (half dollar) | 2 | The hail ranged from quarter to half dollar in size and occurred with torrential rainfall and strong winds. |
| 2017-08-02 | 1.25" (half dollar) | 3 | Hail slightly larger than quarters, according to the picture, occurred,. |
| 2017-06-26 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 1 | The hail size ranged from dime to ping-pong ball size. |
| 2017-05-26 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | — |
| 2017-05-16 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | The hail was mostly pea size with a few large hail stones mixed in. |
| 2017-05-09 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | The hail sizes ranged from pea to quarter in size. |
| 2016-09-15 | 2.75" (baseball) | 9 | Most of the hail was golf ball in size with some baseball size hail. |
| 2016-08-10 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | Estimated wind gusts of 30-40 MPH and almost an inch of rainfall accompanied the hail. |
| 2016-07-14 | 2.50" (tennis ball) | 9 | Estimated time of report from the radar. |
| 2016-07-07 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 1 | — |
| 2016-06-27 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | Quarter size hail is still occurring as of 1:35 PM MDT. |
| 2016-05-08 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | — |
| 2016-05-07 | 1.00" (quarter) | 4 | The hail started out as pea size. |
| 2016-04-15 | 2.50" (tennis ball) | 6 | Estimated time of report based on radar data. |
| 2016-04-06 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | First few hailstones were flat in appearance. Close to 80% of the ground was covered with hail ranging from pea size to nickel size. |
Hail days by year
| Year | Hail days | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 35 | 4.00" (softball) |
| 2025 | 10 | 19 | 2.00" (hen egg) |
| 2024 | 8 | 24 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2023 | 13 | 25 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2022 | 7 | 20 | 2.00" (hen egg) |
| 2021 | 8 | 20 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2020 | 8 | 20 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2019 | 5 | 21 | 4.83" (grapefruit) |
| 2018 | 16 | 37 | 3.50" (tea cup) |
| 2017 | 7 | 11 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) |
| 2016 | 9 | 34 | 2.75" (baseball) |
Damaging wind in Kit Carson County
Thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more (the NWS severe threshold), 148 reports since 2016, strongest 115 mph. 34 tornadoes recorded in the county in the same period. Wind and tornado records are included in the extended report.
| Date | Peak gust | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-01 | 115 mph | 1 | Intense straight line winds due to the microburst first occurred at 8:12 PM MDT near the Burlington airport. This began an area of interm… |
| 2024-06-08 | 112 mph | 10 | NWS Storm Survey crew recorded an area of 60-112 mph straight line winds. Peak wind in the area was 112 mph with damage to grain bins sou… |
| 2024-08-22 | 110 mph | 7 | Five broken wooden power poles, four overturned irrigation pivots, a shed's roof was completely destroyed, and three grain silos were dam… |
| 2018-07-29 | 105 mph | 2 | A number of buildings in Seibert sustained damage. The post office roof had roughly half the shingles blown off. One machine shed was c… |
| 2019-04-21 | 92 mph | 3 | Many power poles were blown down causing parts of Flagler to be without power. As of 8:40 PM MST, power was being restored to the west p… |
| 2022-04-22 | 90 mph | 1 | Large live tree blown down as a line of storms moved through Burlington. |
| 2022-07-27 | 85 mph | 3 | Pine tree approximately 10 inches in diameter was snapped off by the winds, and a cedar tree was broken into pieces. There was also an u… |
| 2022-06-07 | 85 mph | 6 | The ASOS station at the Kit Carson County Airport (KITR) observed sustained winds of 52 to 69 mph with gusts peaking at 85 mph over a per… |
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What date did hail last hit Kit Carson County?
June 22, 2026, per the NWS Storm Events record. The largest since 2016 was 4.83" (grapefruit) on August 13, 2019.
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