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Simla, 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 Simla city centroid, 1950 to present.

98hail events since 1950
78≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2004-08-09
2025-04-23most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 2.50" (tennis ball)
2024 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 9 2.75" (baseball)
2018 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 5 2.75" (baseball)
2014 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.75" (golf ball)

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
2025-04-23 Hail 2.00" 5.9 mi
2025-04-23 Hail 2.50" 6.9 mi
2024-09-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.2 mi
2024-08-19 Hail 2.00" 9.9 mi
2024-08-19 Hail 1.50" 9 mi
2024-08-19 Hail 0.75" 9 mi
2024-08-19 Hail 1.50" 7.7 mi
2023-08-03 Hail 1.00" 7.7 mi
2023-08-03 Hail 1.25" 8.3 mi
2023-08-03 Hail 1.00" 8.3 mi

2024-08-19: “A trained spotter reported hail of 2 inches in diameter via social media with picture.”

2024-08-19: “A public report via mPING reported hail of 1.5 inches in diameter.”

2024-08-19: “The report came from Mping.”

Disputing a claim at a Simla 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