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Derby, 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 Derby city centroid, 1950 to present.

599hail events since 1950
426≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1983-08-05
2025-07-06most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 16 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 63 2.75" (baseball)
2023 45 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 0.75" (penny)
2021 20 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 24 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 12 2.50" (tennis ball)
2017 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 13 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 15 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 13 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 0
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
2025-08-02 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.4 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4.8 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 4.6 mi
2025-07-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.4 mi
2025-07-08 Thunderstorm Wind 49 mph 5 mi
2025-07-06 Hail 1.00" 9.9 mi
2025-07-06 Hail 1.00" 7 mi
2025-07-06 Hail 1.50" 9.9 mi
2025-06-17 Hail 0.75" 6.9 mi

2025-08-02: “The report was received from mesonet station CO198 Aurora I-70 and Airport Blvd.”

2025-07-10: “CDOT weather sensor I-70 and Washington Street.”

2025-07-10: “CDOT weather sensor at I-70 and York Street.”

Disputing a claim at a Derby address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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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 2026-06-12