Hail in Miami · Jul 16, 2026
Convective day · Jul 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /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
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Miami, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 16, 2026 sits in Miami's hail record.
This was Miami's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 15, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 23 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Miami at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miami: the same system put hail over 206 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Florida. Nearest: Palm Beach Gardens (89 miles north, up to 0.5"); Osprey (161 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Kenansville (171 miles north, up to 0.5").
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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Miami roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$110M
Potential roof exposure — 9,180 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 46 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$690K
Close just 0.5% of the 9,180 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
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $1,928 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 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
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 28, 2026
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