Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 9, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -104.900
Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1978
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 9, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -104.830
Hail, El Paso
- When
- July 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- El Paso County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -104.720
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 9, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -105.080
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1978
- Hail in Wyoming, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 1978
- Hail in Maine, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 9, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1978
- Tornado in Montana, July 9, 1978
- Hail in Idaho, July 9, 1978
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1978Every state in 1978This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9988670, 9988671, 9988672, 9988673.