Hail in Trinidad May 20, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Trinidad this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft212
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Trinidad has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Trinidad saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Trinidad, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 20, 2026 sits in Trinidad's hail record
This was Trinidad's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trinidad at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trinidad: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities. Nearest: Springlake (249 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Lubbock (308 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Seagraves (320 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Trinidad's May 20, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Trinidad. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.75" hail means for Trinidad roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$2.5M
Potential roof exposure — 212 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Trinidad on the live map
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