Storm · Denver metro

The hail of Sep 3, 2021

Hail of 1″ and up crossed 14,948 roofs in Denver metro on Sep 3, 2021. Of the 8,248 in offices whose permits we read, 1,151 have a roofing permit since and 7,097 have none, counted through Sep 3, 2022.

The hail

Bands
1″ and up: 14,948 roofs
Confirmed
Oct 3, 2021, when its roofing permits passed the share that storms with no real damage reach.

Where it fell

Shaded bands: where the hail fell, darker for bigger stones. Drawn from the map of Nov 2, 2026.

Permit pace

Against storms its size at the same age: 2.4×

The most roofs permitted in one week: 82, in week 7.

Roofs permitted each week since the storm
WeekRoofs permitted
10
29
333
467
563
679
782
863
971
1082
1146
1227
1341
1440
1518
1611
179
1819
1925
2024
214
2210
238
2413
259
2657
277
2832
2915
308
319
3211
3312
345
358
3618
3715
3812
396
406
417
425
437
443
458
468
475
484
494
508
516
5212
530

What was read

Offices
Douglas County (unincorporated)
Counties
Douglas
Window
Permits issued from Sep 3, 2021 through Sep 3, 2022. The storm has had its year, so these counts no longer change.
Left out
6,700 roofs under the hail sit where we do not read a permit on file, so they are in no count but the first.
Source
Read from the cities' own permit records. No owner, address or roofing firm is shown here.

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