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Hail in Trinidad · Sep 25, 2026

Hit 6 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" 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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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 9th most severe storm Trinidad has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 1.7 / 10
Storm severity score

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

1.7 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

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

Homes exposed
10 /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

Sep 25, 2026 · Trinidad, CO

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Sep 25, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 25, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Trinidad, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 25, 2026 sits in Trinidad's hail record.

This was Trinidad's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Sep 22, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trinidad at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trinidad: the same system put hail over 27 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Colorado. Nearest: Aguilar (9 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Walsenburg (30 miles north, up to 0.5"); Rye (43 miles north, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Trinidad. 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.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" 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.

2 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$24K

Potential roof exposure — 2 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $0 on top of the $150 plan.

Trinidad hail history

16 recorded storm days in Trinidad, CO
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Trinidad, CO on Sep 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Sep 22, 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 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 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Trinidad / CO

Aug 15, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
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 Sep 26, 2026.