Berthoud Hail Storm, June 24, 2026: What Homeowners Should Do Now

Berthoud took 4 National Weather Service hail reports on June 24, 2026, the largest at 1.75 inches. If your roof was under it and nobody has looked at it since, the damage is only now reaching the point where it shows.

The Berthoud hail map — June 24, 2026

What was reported in Berthoud

These are National Weather Service Local Storm Reports — hail an observer found on the ground, not a radar estimate. Times are MDT.

Reports came in between 7:47 PM and 7:52 PM. A hail report always names the largest stone an observer found, not the average size that fell across every roof in Berthoud.

Berthoud’s storm crossed the town west-to-east in about five minutes. The first stones were measured at 7:47 PM on the northwest and west edges at 1.50 inches, the amateur-radio observer in town measured 1.75 inches at 7:49, and the last report — also 1.75 — came from a mile southeast at 7:52 PM. The radar-estimated one-inch-plus swath runs in a band straight across Berthoud, so the whole town, not just one side, was under the core.

Is it too late to check?

No — and this is the part most homeowners get wrong. Hail bruises a shingle by fracturing the mat underneath a surface that still looks perfectly intact. Nothing is visible from the ground on the day it happens. The bruised area then sheds its protective granules over the following weeks and months, and the damage works its way to the surface.

A roof hit in June can look untouched all summer and start leaking by winter. If you were under this storm and never had the roof looked at, now is when the evidence is easiest to find.

Why 1.75-inch hail matters

Impact energy scales hard with stone size. A one-inch stone falls at about 41 mph and lands with roughly 1.3 joules. A 1.75 inch stone falls at about 65 mph and lands with roughly 16 joules — about thirteen times the impact. Colorado’s elevation adds another 8 to 10 percent to fall speed.

Published impact studies put the onset of functional damage near 1.00 inch for three-tab asphalt shingles, 1.25 inches for architectural shingles, and 2.00 inches for Class 4 impact-rated products. The largest report in Berthoud was 1.75 inches, past the threshold for architectural shingles.

How to check your roof

From the ground — never climb up:

• Granules collecting in gutters and at downspout outlets
• Dents in soft metal — roof vents, gutters, flashing, the mailbox, AC condenser fins
• Splatter marks on decking, fascia or fence tops
• Torn or bruised window screens

Soft-metal dents matter most because they date the storm. An adjuster looking at your roof later will want to know when the damage happened.

Berthoud is part of Red Hawk’s core service area — see the Berthoud roofing pagefor the city’s full documented hail history, and our hail damage service for what an inspection covers. Before the adjuster visit, read what hail damage actually looks like on a roof and the Colorado hail claim guide.

Frequently asked questions

For the full statewide picture of this storm — every report across Red Hawk’s service area — see our Colorado Hail Storm Report for June 24, 2026. This storm also produced reports in Brush and Fort Morgan.

Storm figures are National Weather Service Local Storm Reports for Colorado on June 24, 2026, retrieved from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive and de-duplicated. Radar swath analysis by ExoVzn, an independent forensic meteorology firm, using NOAA MRMS data. Storm reports indicate where hail occurred; only a physical inspection establishes whether a specific roof was damaged.