Nine days after the Denver storm, hail up to 2.5 inches hit Pueblo on July 29, 2009. NCEI holds 18 reports in Pueblo County, at Blende, Pueblo, Cedarwood and the Pueblo airport, and lists 7 people injured.
RMIIA records $232.8 million in insured losses in 2009 dollars, or $358 million in 2026 dollars. The NWS damage estimate in NCEI is $90 million, which is a property-damage estimate and not an insured-loss figure.
Hail history for the counties hit
- Pueblo County: see the full Colorado table
Significant Colorado storms around 2009
- 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
- May 26, 2010: hail to 2.75 in.
- The full Colorado storm table
Sources: Hail Damage and Statistics: Colorado's Most Costly Hail Storms (Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association (RMIIA, now RMIA)); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, episode 32388 (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information).
