Hail, Boulder
- When
- October 1, 2:54 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.093, -105.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Colorado, October 1, 1994
18 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 18
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
18 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boulder
- When
- October 1, 3:12 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County, Buckhorn to Boulder
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.093, -105.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Boulder
- When
- October 1, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County, Boulder
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.093, -105.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Boulder
- When
- October 1, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County, Boulder (7ne)
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.093, -105.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Boulder
- When
- October 1, 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder County, Niwot
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.093, -105.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 1, 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Arvada
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 1, 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Wheat Ridge
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 1, 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Edgewater
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.586, -105.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Denver
- When
- October 1, 4:29 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County, Capitol Hill
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.762, -104.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Denver
- When
- October 1, 4:29 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County, Northwest Denver
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.762, -104.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- October 1, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, Buckley Ang Base
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Washington
- When
- October 1, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Washington County, Last Chance (2s)
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.971, -103.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail of half inch diameter covered the ground four to six inches deep.
Hail, Denver
- When
- October 1, 5:01 PM MST
- Where
- Denver County to Stapleton Airport
- Coordinates
- 39.762, -104.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail of unknown diameter damaged an aircraft and injured a pilot when hail broke the wind shield on takeoff.
Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- October 1, 5:03 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, Buckley Ang Base
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Adams
- When
- October 1, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Bennett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Arapahoe
- When
- October 1, 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Arapahoe County, Strasburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -104.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Morgan
- When
- October 1, 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Morgan County, Wiggins
- Measured
- 0.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.263, -103.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail covered ground one to two inches deep in and near Wiggins in western Morgan County. Thunderstorms containing heavy rain and large hail moved northeastward off of the foothills and onto the plains. The counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Larimer, Morgan, Washington and Weld were the most affected by the line of thunderstorms. Costly damage was sustained to homes and vehicles in the urban corridor area with only minor street flooding reported. Emergency claim teams from insurance companies were sent out due to the overwhelming number of claims. Total damage estimates from the hail storm was at $174 million with $96.5 million for homes and $77.0 million for automobiles.
Hail, Fremont
- When
- October 1, 8:55 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, Penrose
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.473, -105.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 10316581, 10316582, 10316583, 10316584, 10316585, 10318607, 10318608, 10318609, 10318780, 10318781, 10316710, 10318252, 10318782, 10316711, 10316668, 10316712, 10318594, 10318549.