Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 20, 12:25 PM MST
- Where
- Douglas County, Monument
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -104.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Colorado, May 20, 1995
8 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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.
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:25 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Adams
- When
- May 20, 2:48 PM MST to 3:03 PM MST
- Where
- Adams County, Bennett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.874, -104.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pueblo
- When
- May 20, 3:23 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, Rye
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Huerfano
- When
- May 20, 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Huerfano County, Walsenburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Huerfano
- When
- May 20, 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Huerfano County, Walsenburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pueblo
- When
- May 20, 5:20 PM MST
- Where
- Pueblo County, Pueblo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Crowley
- When
- May 20, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Crowley County, Ordway
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.327, -103.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Las Animas
- When
- May 20, 7:12 PM MST
- Where
- Las Animas County, Model 1 W
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.316, -104.039 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 10318792, 10316671, 10318201, 10318600, 10318601, 10318202, 10318725, 10318390.