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Hail in Trinidad · Aug 15, 2026

Hit 30 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 48
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Trinidad has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.7 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.7 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
34 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Trinidad saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 15, 2026 · Trinidad, CO

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 15, 2026 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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 15, 2026 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 1.25"

The storm in context

Where Aug 15, 2026 sits in Trinidad's hail record.

This was Trinidad's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trinidad at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trinidad: the same system put hail over 188 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Aguilar (29 miles north, up to 0.5"); Kim (66 miles east, up to 1.75"); Beulah (75 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Trinidad 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

No reports 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.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Trinidad for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Trinidad roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

48 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$576K

Potential roof exposure — 48 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $10 on top of the $150 plan.

Trinidad hail history

Other storms in Trinidad.

14 recorded storm days in Trinidad, CO
← All hail in Trinidad
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Aug 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Aug 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jul 31, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jul 30, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jul 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jul 5, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jul 4, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jun 24, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
3 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jun 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jun 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Jun 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on May 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

May 28, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on May 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

May 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
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 Aug 29, 2026.