Hail in Trinidad · Aug 27, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 27, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /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 Trinidad saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Aug 27, 2026 sits in Trinidad's hail record.
This was Trinidad's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trinidad at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trinidad: the same system put hail over 365 other tracked cities, 6 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Weston (18 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Springer (39 miles south, up to 0.5"); Rye (64 miles north, up to 1").
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
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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Trinidad roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Trinidad hail history
Other storms in Trinidad.
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 28, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 20, 2026
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