Windows in Cheyenne take hail on the glass that faced the storm and wind on every elevation the rest of the year. Pits, cracked outer lites, and torn screens are the ice. Whistles, grit in the tracks, and frames that no longer square are the wind, working the same units after the storm and on ordinary days. High sun fades the trim the hail did not crack. The west and south sides usually tell the story. Start there instead of ordering the whole house.
Older wood on the tree streets and newer vinyl on the open edges fail in different walls and the same weather. Feel the frame. Soft wood or a racked sash means full-frame work. A sound, square frame can take an insert. A pitted sealed unit may fog later when the seal gives up. That is storm damage showing up late, not a mystery. Ask how the sill is flashed and what fills the gap. A new unit on a rotten sill repeats the leak the first sideways rain.
Wind turns hail into a glancing hit on frames and siding, not only a face-on pit in the glass. Look at the brickmold and the casing, not just the pane. Screens full of holes and a meeting rail that misses are both worth saying. Do not caulk a daylight gap and call it done on a wall that takes this wind. Whole-unit specs are a comparison, not a promise the house will use less of anything. You want the whistle gone and the stool dry. Count the openings that actually failed.
If a claim is open, photograph the pitted glass, the windward frames, and the screens before they go to the trash. The quiet side of the house is the comparison that keeps the scope honest. Paint bubbles later are the path the rain walked after the gust drove it in. Brick and older openings punish a casual set. Ask for a flange and a sill detail that assumes the wind returns tomorrow, because in Cheyenne that assumption is safe.
Say how many windows, which rooms, and whether hail, wind, or both did it. Name the part of town. Have the deductible if the policy is part of the call. Call the number on this page.