A hailstone that hit Yuma County during Aug. 8’s wave of severe weather has officially broken the state record, climate officials announced Tuesday.
The center said Fitts’ photo documented the original measurement well enough for the State Climate Extremes Committee to make the official record-breaking call.
Due to melting, by the time the climate center examined the hail stone, it was significantly under the 2019 record for volume and weight. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Zach Hiris, the number of reports to state NWS offices of hail between 1 and 5 inches this season, 776, has also broken the state record.
Hiris said part of the reason Colorado has seen such an influx of reports is that more people are out chasing severe weather and storms are hitting more densely populated areas.
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