Hail in Fort Myers Mar 1, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Myers this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft171
0
none filedThe 14th most severe storm Fort Myers 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
- 45 /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 Fort Myers 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 Mar 1, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fort Myers, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Mar 1, 2026 sits in Fort Myers's hail record
This was Fort Myers's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 14th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Myers at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Myers: the same system put hail over 24 other tracked cities, 2 of them in Florida. Nearest: Miami (103 miles southeast, up to 1.5"); Lake Worth (105 miles east, up to 0.75"); Raymondville (974 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Fort Myers's Mar 1, 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.
For this storm over Fort Myers, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.5" hail means for Fort Myers 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.
$2.1M
Potential roof exposure — 171 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fort Myers on the live map
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14 recorded storm days in Fort Myers, FL
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Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Jul 7, 2026
1"
Jul 2, 2026
1.75"
Jul 1, 2026
1"
Jun 30, 2026
0.75"
Jun 27, 2026
1.5"
Jun 22, 2026
1"
May 21, 2026
0.5"
May 20, 2026
0.5"
May 17, 2026
1.25"
Apr 2, 2026
1.5"