Hail in Miami · Feb 28, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Miami that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Feb 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 15th most severe storm Miami 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
- 71 /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 Miami 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 Feb 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Miami, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 28, 2026 sits in Miami's hail record.
This was Miami's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 15th of the 23 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Miami at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miami: the same system put hail over 10 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Florida. Nearest: Fort Lauderdale (44 miles north, up to 0.5"); Boca Raton (61 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Boynton Beach (67 miles north, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 23 Miami 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 Miami 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 Miami 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
$44M
Potential roof exposure — 3,694 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 18 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$270K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,694 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $776 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Aug 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 31, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 2, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 1, 2026
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