Over June 8 and 9, 2004, NCEI logged 43 hail reports in eight Front Range counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld. The largest stones were 2.25 inches. Report locations include Aurora, Lakewood, Denver, Morrison, Thornton, Littleton, Golden, Conifer and Evergreen.
The insured-loss figure is $146.5 million, the same as the NWS property-damage estimate in NCEI. The dates come from a 2009 Claims Journal article citing RMIIA; RMIIA's table lists the event as June 2004 at $251 million in 2025 dollars. NOAA lists "Colorado Hail Storms (June 2004)" as a billion-dollar disaster at $695 million unadjusted, insured and uninsured combined.
Hail history for the counties hit
- Denver metro hail history
- El Paso County hail history
- Larimer and Weld counties: see the full Colorado table
Significant Colorado storms around 2004
- June 20, 2001: hail to 2.5 in.
- May 22, 2008: hail to 2.75 in., $193.5 million (2008 dollars) insured
- June 6, 2009: hail to 3 in., $353.3 million (2009 dollars) insured
- July 20, 2009: hail to 2 in., $767.6 million (2009 dollars) insured
- The full Colorado storm table
Sources: Colorado Storms Cost $350 Million in Insured Damage (citing RMIIA) (Claims Journal, 2009-07-27); Catastrophe Facts & Statistics (RMIIA); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, episodes 1172072, 1172073, 1174028 (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information).
