Storm · Denver metro

The hail of Jul 31, 2023

Hail of 1″ and up crossed 12,389 roofs in Denver metro on Jul 31, 2023. Of the 12,212 in offices whose permits we read, 450 have a roofing permit since and 11,762 have none, counted through Jul 30, 2024.

The hail

Bands
1″ and up: 12,389 roofs · 1.5″ and up: 773 roofs · 2″ and up: 3 roofs
Confirmed
Sep 25, 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: 0.6×

The most roofs permitted in one week: 27, in week 8.

Roofs permitted each week since the storm
WeekRoofs permitted
12
25
34
41
55
68
718
827
919
1014
1113
1223
1312
1410
1523
1621
174
1810
196
209
216
223
237
241
255
265
279
287
294
3010
319
322
339
3410
358
368
378
386
394
407
416
427
438
4411
4512
466
473
489
493
505
517
5210
531

What was read

Offices
Arvada, Boulder, Boulder County (unincorporated), Castle Rock, Douglas County (unincorporated)
Counties
Adams, Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson
Window
Permits issued from Jul 31, 2023 through Jul 30, 2024. The storm has had its year, so these counts no longer change.
Left out
177 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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