Colorado has no state roofing license — no state general contractor license at all — so the entire job of vetting a roofer falls on you, the homeowner. The state licenses electricians and plumbers through DORA, but for the person tearing off and renailing your roof, licensing is left to each city and county —
Every August, three winter forecasts land in Colorado: two from almanacs with formulas they will not show you, and one from a federal agency that publishes its math and prints its uncertainty right on the map. This week completed the set — the Farmers’ Almanac released its 2026–27 outlook on August 21, NOAA’s Climate Prediction
After a Wyoming wind or hail event, a damaged roof leaves you three doors: pay for a repair yourself, pay for a replacement, or file an insurance claim — and the reflex answer, “always file,” is often the most expensive one. The right door depends on three numbers most homeowners have never checked: your wind/hail
Over the last ten years, hail one inch or larger fell somewhere in Weld or Larimer County on 142 separate days — an average of about fourteen days every year. We compiled every one of them from NOAA's Storm Events Database: the date, the county, the largest stone reported, and the towns that took the
