80906 Hail History

2.75-inch baseball hail fell in 80906 (Colorado Springs) on August 6, 2018, the largest of 55 NOAA reports of 1 inch or larger here since 1996.

Area name is an approximation from Census ZCTA data. Method and limits.

Largest storm: August 6, 2018

2.75-inch (baseball) hail near Fort Carson. Softball hail, up to 4 inches, battered El Paso County and north Pueblo County on the afternoon of August 6, with about $172 million in damage. Also the largest report in 80911. (NOAA NCEI event 778837, episode 129967)

80906 vs. the El Paso County average

Hail days here run 1.2 times the county ZIP average.

Homes in 80906

Source: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024.

The 2.75-inch maximum here meets or tops the 2-inch hail a roof covering must withstand for the IBHS FORTIFIED High Wind & Hail designation, and 18 of the 55 reports reached 1.75 inches. With a median build year of 1984 and 85.1% of homes built before 2000, an original roof on a typical house here has been through most of the storms listed above. (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety)

Reports by decade

Every 1 in.+ hail day in 80906

1998: May 8 (1); 2004: June 15 (1); 2012: June 6 (1.75); 2014: May 21 (1.25), July 14 (1); 2016: June 7 (1.25), July 14 (1), July 28 (1.75); 2018: June 12 (1), Aug. 6 (2.75), Aug. 7 (1.25), Aug. 17 (1); 2019: June 16 (1); 2020: July 12 (1.75), Aug. 5 (2); 2021: May 29 (1); 2023: July 4 (1); 2024: July 7 (1), Sept. 7 (1); 2025: June 14 (1.75), July 6 (2).

10 largest reports

Building code: Colorado Springs (PPRBD) roof code data (confirm your address is inside this jurisdiction)

Neighboring ZIP pages: 80904 (Colorado Springs) · 80907 (Colorado Springs)

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