This storm came on October 1, 1994, later in the year than any other hailstorm with an insured-loss figure in this library. NCEI holds 15 reports across Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties, with hail up to 2 inches (hen egg). Report locations run from Niwot and Boulder through Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, Capitol Hill and northwest Denver east to Bennett and Strasburg.
RMIIA records $225 million in insured losses in 1994 dollars, which it adjusts to $501 million in 2026 dollars on its hail page and $436 million in 2025 dollars on its catastrophe page.
Hail history for the counties hit
Significant Colorado storms around 1994
- July 11, 1990: hail to 2.75 in., $625 million (1990 dollars) insured
- May 30, 1991: hail to 2.5 in., $100 million (1991 dollars) insured
- May 22, 1996: hail to 2 in., $122 million (1996 dollars) insured
- August 11, 1997: hail to 2 in., $128 million (1997 dollars) insured
- 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 (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information).
