Denver, CO Hail Storm – June 2026

A severe hail storm tracked through the Denver, CO metro late afternoon June 8 into the early morning hours of June 9, 2026, producing 3.4-inch hail and prolonged radar-detected hail signatures.

What Happened

The event produced 40 NWS alerts between 3:14 PM MDT June 8 and 3:15 AM MDT June 9. Dual-polarization radar repeatedly detected substantial hail cores through late afternoon and evening, and NWS warning areas accompanied several of those radar strikes. Early radar-derived detections and spotter reports clustered in the late afternoon around 3:00–5:30 PM MDT, with renewed strong returns after 5:55 PM MDT and continuing into the overnight period.

Field observations track with the radar timeline. Trained spotters reported ping-pong ball sized hail at 5:27 PM MDT. Multiple social-media and mPING submissions from the Tea Cup area around 11:47 PM–12:10 AM MDT on June 9 included images and measurements of roughly 3.0-inch stones. Several additional spotter-verified entries and radar detections recorded repeated 1.5–2.9 inch signatures across the metro during the storm’s transit.

NWS warning areas were issued at multiple times during the event and covered broad portions of the metro as storms redeveloped and moved. Radar-detected hail signatures and spotter-verified reports together define a multi-hour, multi-core hail track that crossed populated suburbs and sections of the Denver metro.

Damage Assessment

Field reports and attached images show measured hail stones up to 3.0 inches in the Tea Cup area late June 8 and early June 9. Social-media photographs include a ruler-measured 3-inch stone with time estimated by radar at 11:49 PM MDT. mPING entries recorded the same 3.0-inch size in delayed reports at 12:05–12:10 AM MDT. Trained spotter observations near 5:27 PM MDT recorded consistent ping-pong ball sized hail in a separate corridor of the metro.

Those ground-level observations, coupled with multiple radar-detected 2–3 inch cores, indicate concentrated surface impacts in the Tea Cup vicinity and along the radar-derived north-eastward track through the Denver metro. Local reports also include repeated 1.5–2.0 inch observations earlier in the event. No centralized structural-loss inventory is present in the public spotter logs; the available ground-truth data consist primarily of measured stone images and spotter size calls tied to specific times and locations.

Given the distribution of spotter reports and radar signatures, expect damage to be highly localized along the hail path. The Tea Cup reports show intact, large hail recovered and photographed, which confirms surface strike locations where contractors and adjusters should prioritize inspections.

What Contractors Should Know

Timing and geography. Inspections should prioritize properties along the radar-derived hail track through the Denver metro and the Tea Cup area where multiple 3.0-inch measurements were recorded between 11:47 PM MDT June 8 and 12:10 AM MDT June 9. Also inspect properties in corridors with trained-spotter reports near 5:27 PM MDT where ping-pong ball size stones were observed. Work from confirmed strike points outward until damage signals diminish.