Wind gust 73 mph
1 N Patagonia Santa Cruz County
“Public personal weather station recorded wind gust of 73 mph. (TWC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Santa Cruz
Hail in Patagonia · Sep 9, 2026
Hit 3 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Patagonia that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 80
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Sep 9, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 4th most severe storm Patagonia has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Patagonia saw the hail — from two instruments
Sep 9, 2026 · Patagonia, AZ
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 9, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Patagonia, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 9, 2026 sits in Patagonia's hail record.
This was Patagonia's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Aug 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Patagonia at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 9, 2026 convective day was bigger than Patagonia: the same system put hail over 71 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Arizona. Nearest: Rio Rico (9 miles west, up to 0.75"); Elgin (18 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Huachuca City (31 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Patagonia storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
1 report filed with the NWS
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Wind reports
1 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Patagonia roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
80 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$960K
Potential roof exposure — 80 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $17 on top of the $150 plan.
Patagonia hail history
Other storms in Patagonia.
11 recorded storm days in Patagonia, AZ
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Aug 27, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Aug 26, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Aug 10, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Aug 9, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Aug 5, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Jul 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Jul 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Jul 11, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Jun 16, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Patagonia / AZ
Mar 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 10, 2026.