Hail, Boulder
- When
- August 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boulder County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -105.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 18, 1983
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 9
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boulder
- When
- August 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boulder County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -105.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- August 18, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Larimer County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -105.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- August 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Larimer County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -105.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- August 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -104.600
Hail, Adams
- When
- August 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -104.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Weld
- When
- August 18, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Weld County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -104.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- August 18, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Larimer County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -105.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Larimer
- When
- August 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Larimer County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -105.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 18, 1983
- Tornado in Idaho, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 18, 1983
- Hail in Illinois, August 18, 1983
- Tornado in Wyoming, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 18, 1983
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1983Every state in 1983This 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: 9988843, 9988844, 9988845, 9988846, 9988847, 9988848, 9988849, 9988850, 9988851.