Hail in Daytona Beach · May 13, 2026
Convective day · May 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 13th most severe storm Daytona Beach 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
- 25 /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 Daytona Beach 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 13, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 13, 2026 sits in Daytona Beach's hail record.
This was Daytona Beach's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the May 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Daytona Beach at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Daytona Beach: the same system put hail over 122 other tracked cities, 1 of them in Florida. Nearest: Belle Glade (177 miles south, up to 0.5"); Hensley (581 miles north, up to 1"); Odd (587 miles north, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$192K
Potential roof exposure — 16 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Daytona Beach hail history
Other storms in Daytona Beach.
Estimated-size surface Aug 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
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