Hail in Denver on Saturday, August 22, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Denver on Saturday, August 22, 2026, between 2:31 pm and 4:34 pm MDT, in 2 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 1.50 inches at 6 SSE Watkins (Arapahoe County) at 2:50 pm. NOAA radar flagged 401 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 119 rated a 100% chance of hail and 86 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Adams and Arapahoe counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Brighton 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Watkins 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Arapahoe Park 1 report, up to 1.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:31 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Arapahoe Park | Arapahoe | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (BOU) |
| 2:45 pm | 1.00 | 5 SSE Watkins | Arapahoe | Time estimated from radar. (BOU) |
| 2:50 pm | 1.50 | 6 SSE Watkins | Arapahoe | (BOU) |
| 4:34 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Brighton | Adams | Time estimated from radar. (BOU) |
| 4:34 pm | 1.25 | Brighton | Adams | Time estimated from radar. (BOU) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
401 signatures from 4 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; 119 were rated 100% and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDEN | 150 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 1.25 in | 1:11 pm | 6:56 pm |
| KCYS | 114 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 3.25 in | 12:29 pm | 8:44 pm |
| KFTG | 94 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 2.50 in | 12:23 pm | 7:02 pm |
| KPUX | 43 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1.25 in | 3:02 pm | 6:50 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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