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Watkins, CO hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Watkins city centroid, 1950 to present.

146hail events since 1950
107≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2011-07-13
2025-05-18most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 0
2021 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2019 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 6 2.75" (baseball)
2017 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 8 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2012 1 1.00" (quarter)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 2.8 mi
2025-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 7.1 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.7 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.3 mi
2025-05-18 Tornado EF2 10 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 1.25" 9.8 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 1.50" 9.8 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 0.75" 8.9 mi

2025-07-10: “Mesonet station located E470 and east 6th Parkway.”

2025-06-24: “Windows were blown out and siding ripped off of some homes in the Bennett area. News photos showed significant damage to an outbuilding (barn?).”

2025-05-18: “Quick moving and rain wrapped tornado swept through Elk Horn Ranch in extreme northern Elbert County before moving into Arapahoe County and lifting. Numerous homes were damaged.”

Storm-day records for Watkins — “did it hail on this date?”

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-08-09