Storm · Denver metro

The hail of May 25, 2023

Hail of 1″ and up crossed 6,452 roofs in Denver metro on May 25, 2023. Of the 4,699 in offices whose permits we read, 526 have a roofing permit since and 4,173 have none, counted through May 24, 2024.

The hail

Bands
1″ and up: 6,452 roofs · 1.5″ and up: 33 roofs
Confirmed
Jul 20, 2023, 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: 1.9×

The most roofs permitted in one week: 62, in week 50.

Roofs permitted each week since the storm
WeekRoofs permitted
11
22
31
40
51
63
76
813
95
107
119
129
1322
1411
1513
1620
1720
1815
1915
2016
2113
2216
2313
2412
2511
269
2713
2813
292
3010
313
324
336
343
357
365
379
388
398
4013
4111
424
4312
445
455
4612
475
4810
4910
5062
5113
527
533

What was read

Offices
Adams County, Douglas County (unincorporated)
Counties
Adams, Douglas
Window
Permits issued from May 25, 2023 through May 24, 2024. The storm has had its year, so these counts no longer change.
Left out
1,753 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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