Hail in Canon City · May 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Canon City has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Canon City saw the hail — from two instruments
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 signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Canon City's hail record.
This was Canon City's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 6th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canon City at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canon City: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 21 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Cascade (38 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Colorado Springs (54 miles east, up to 1.5"); Castle Rock (68 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Canon City 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
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Canon City. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Canon City 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
Canon City hail history
Other storms in Canon City.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 4, 2026
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