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- Crestone, Colorado Hail Reports -

Showing 165 Records*

- Hail Reports, 2023 -

Total Hail Reports for 2023: 8

- Hail Reports, 2022 -

Total Hail Reports for 2022: 5

- Hail Reports, 2021 -

Total Hail Reports for 2021: 9

- Hail Reports, 2020 -

Total Hail Reports for 2020: 5

- Hail Reports, 2019 -

Total Hail Reports for 2019: 5

- Hail Reports, 2018 -

Date	Time of day	Average Size	Largest Size	Depth on gound
10/8/2018	9:40 AM	1/8" Rice	1/8" Rice	Trace
7/29/2018	5:40 PM	3/8" Raisin	3/8" Raisin	Trace
6/17/2018	6:15 PM	1/4" Pea	1/4" Pea	Trace

Total Hail Reports for 2018: 3

 - Hail Reports, 2017 -

* Incomplete data before Sept 4, 2004. Hail events from before that date are not listed other than the two noted above.

Hail Size: 1/8" = Rice; 1/4" = Pea; 3/8" = Raisin; 1/2" = Marble; 5/8" = Grape; 3/4" = Dime (or Penny); 7/8" = Nickel; 1" = Quarter; 11/4" =  Half Dollar; 11/2" = Ping Pong Ball; 13/4" = Golf Ball; 2" =  Egg; 21/2" = Tennis Ball; 23/4" = Baseball; 3" = Apple; 4" = Grapefruit; 41/2" = Softball; and 5" CD.

On average, the hail season in Crestone (and all of Colorado) usually begins in March and ends in October. We averaged around 10 hail days a year here and there are only a few other places in the entire world that average as much. The Colorado Front Range is one of those other places, along with the foothills of the Himalayas in India. Saguache County as a whole sees more hail on average than any other Colorado county west of Colorado's Great Plains and Front Range.

Yet most of the hail that falls here in Crestone, compared to the hail that falls on the Colorado Front Range, is small. As you can see in the hail events noted above, we rarely see hail larger than 3/8 in size. Still, Saguache County has seen more severe hail (classified as 1" or larger) compared to the other nearby Colorado San Luis Valley counties of Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral and Costilla. From 1995 to 2007, there were 20 severe hail reports in Saguache County. In the other five counties combined, there were only 21 such reports.

Below are two thumbnail photos, one of my grandson Cooper holding a bunch of hailstones, taken about an hour after the largest hail storm noted above, hit - on Sept 2, 2007, which caused minor damage around town. The second photo is a closeup shot of the same hailstones. You can click on either thumbnail for a larger view. For more hail photos (and a video from that hail storm just noted), see our Weather Photo Page. If you have any good hail photos from in and around Crestone, please send them on in and I will place them up on that page for you..... Keno

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