On the map: radar-estimated hail around Chicago, IL on July 27, 2026, the biggest hail day of 2026 so far, with 1″+ hail over about 1.5 million homes nationwide.
Radar-estimated hail
Hail check for any US address
See every day NOAA radar estimated hail near an address since 2019, and every storm report near it since 1955.
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The biggest hail day at the address on a map, and every storm day with 1″+ hail within 3 miles since 2019.
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The Hail History Report puts every size, map and storm report near the address in one cited document, for $19. See a sample
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What the free check shows
Here is a real check, run for a public landmark rather than a home: the Old Red Courthouse, 100 S Houston St, Dallas, TX. Your address gets the same numbers, a live map you can zoom, and the list of storm days.
- 2.45″largest radar estimate within 1 mile, May 18, 2022
- 5storm days with 1″+ radar hail within 1 mile since October 2019
- 14storm days with 1″+ within 3 miles
Plus 148 hail reports within 5 miles in the NOAA record since 1955. Radar-estimated near the address, not measured at the property.
Latest storm days
| Day | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail | Radar 1″+ area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 3 mi² |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1.25″ | 208 mi² |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.50″ | 22 mi² |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.00″ | 115 mi² |
All 2026 storm days → · Storm reports today · On this day
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology
Hail history by place
Each state page lists its counties and cities, with how often hail has been reported nearby, the largest stones on record and the most recent storms.
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- District of Columbia
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Questions
Is the hail check free?
Yes. No account, no email and no phone number. Type an address and the result page shows the radar hail near it.
Do you keep my address?
No. The address goes to the US Census geocoder to find the point, and the result page is built and sent back. We don't save the address or put it in a link, and our logs keep only the ZIP code.
Does this show that hail hit my roof?
No. Radar estimates the largest hail in each ~1 km grid cell, and storm reports are what people reported at points nearby. Neither is a measurement at your property. Use them alongside an inspection and your insurer's records.
How far back does it go?
Radar hail estimates start in October 2019. Hail and damaging-wind reports go back to 1955 and tornado reports to 1950.
What does the $19 report add?
The Hail History Report lists every storm day near the address with the radar size at 1, 3 and 5 miles, every storm report within 5 miles with its time and distance, what the National Weather Service wrote, and a check of your date of loss, as a web page and a PDF.
Who runs this site?
National Storms is an independent website. It is not a government agency and is not affiliated with NOAA, the National Weather Service or the Storm Prediction Center.
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Where the data comes from
- Radar hail: NOAA MRMS Maximum Estimated Size of Hail (MESH), a daily maximum for each ~1 km grid cell, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive, October 2019 to date.
- Storm reports: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (hail and wind since 1955, tornadoes since 1950) and its daily preliminary reports.
- People and homes: US Census Bureau 2020 Census block groups. Addresses: the US Census Bureau geocoder.
How we clean and count it: methodology. Public NOAA and Census data only.
Roofers, journalists and developers
Roofers and contractors
Hail History Reports with your company name on them, for the homes you inspect.
Journalists
Storm-day numbers, maps you can embed and how to cite them.
Developers
A free JSON API for storm days, places and radar hail near a point.