Hail in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 20 hail reports in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, between 4:19 pm and 9:07 pm MDT, in 1 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at Fountain (El Paso County) at 6:00 pm. NOAA radar flagged 307 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 196 rated a 100% chance of hail and 162 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 7 places in El Paso County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Colorado Springs 10 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Peterson AFB 4 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Fountain 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Black Forest 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Calhan 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Pinon 1 report, up to 1.40 in
- Truckton 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Mountain Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:19 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 4:30 pm | 1.00 | 3 ENE Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 4:30 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Peterson AFB | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 4:36 pm | 1.25 | 3 SE Colorado Springs | El Paso | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (PUB) |
| 4:37 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Peterson AFB | El Paso | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB) |
| 4:37 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Peterson AFB | El Paso | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB) |
| 4:42 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Peterson AFB | El Paso | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB) |
| 4:50 pm | 1.00 | 4 NNE Black Forest | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:14 pm | 1.75 | 2 N Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:15 pm | 1.50 | 2 NW Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:16 pm | 1.00 | 3 N Colorado Springs | El Paso | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB) |
| 5:19 pm | 1.00 | 2 NW Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:20 pm | 1.75 | Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:20 pm | 1.50 | 3 N Colorado Springs | El Paso | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (PUB) |
| 5:23 pm | 1.50 | 2 N Colorado Springs | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:40 pm | 1.75 | 12 S Truckton | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 5:58 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Fountain | El Paso | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB) |
| 6:00 pm | 2.50 | Fountain | El Paso | (PUB) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.40 | 13 NE Pinon | El Paso | relayed from media. (PUB) |
| 9:07 pm | 2.00 | 5 NW Calhan | El Paso | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (PUB) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
307 signatures from 5 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 196 were rated 100% and 35 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPUX | 124 | 75 | 73 | 18 | 3.50 in | 4:07 pm | 11:55 pm |
| KFTG | 115 | 78 | 64 | 12 | 3.25 in | 4:41 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KDEN | 46 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1.25 in | 4:22 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KGLD | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:48 pm | 11:56 pm |
| KCYS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.50 in | 8:32 pm | 8:46 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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