Hail in Trinidad · Aug 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Trinidad that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 28, 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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Trinidad, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 28, 2026 sits in Trinidad's hail record.
This was Trinidad's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 27, 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 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trinidad: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities. Nearest: Mescalero (263 miles south, up to 0.5"); Dix (292 miles north, up to 0.5"); Norcatur (311 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
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.
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.
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 27, 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
0.75"Take your next area into the field.
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