Hail, Weld
- When
- July 6, 7:06 PM MST
- Where
- Weld County, Dacono
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -104.930
Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1996
Large hail damage several vehicles in the parking lot of the Colorado Speedway Racetrack. Several trees were also damaged.
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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Large hail damage several vehicles in the parking lot of the Colorado Speedway Racetrack. Several trees were also damaged.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 6, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, July 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1996
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: 5558078.