Hail in Dade City May 20, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dade City this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft153
0
none filedThe 9th most severe storm Dade City 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 44 /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 Dade City 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.
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 May 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dade City, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 20, 2026 sits in Dade City's hail record
This was Dade City's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dade City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dade City: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Florida. Nearest: Plant City (14 miles south, up to 0.5"); Riverview (37 miles south, up to 0.75"); Wimauma (42 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Dade City'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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Dade City. 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Dade City roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$1.8M
Potential roof exposure — 153 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Dade City on the live map
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15 recorded storm days in Dade City, FL
Other storms in Dade City
Jul 22, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Jul 13, 2026
1"
Jul 12, 2026
0.5"
Jul 7, 2026
0.75"
Jun 28, 2026
1"
Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Jun 24, 2026
0.75"
May 27, 2026
1.25"
May 23, 2026
0.5"
May 17, 2026
0.5"
May 12, 2026
1"
Mar 15, 2026
2.5"
Mar 5, 2026
1.75"