Storm report · Miami-Dade

Hail in Miami Jul 26, 2026

Hit 8 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.

Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint

1

Ground reports

0

none filed
Severity

The 16th most severe storm Miami has seen in the last 12 months

Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

1.3 /10
Hail size
19 /100

Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.

Homes exposed
6 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Two ways to read the storm

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 26, 2026

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.

Max size 0.75" Detections 1
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Jul 26, 2026

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.5"
The storm in context

Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Miami's hail record

This was Miami's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Miami at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miami: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Florida. Nearest: Miami Beach (19 miles east, up to 0.75"); Bal Harbour (20 miles east, up to 0.5"); Homestead (21 miles south, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills from Miami's Jul 26, 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.

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.

For this storm over Miami, 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Miami roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$12K

Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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.

Track hail over Miami on the live map

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Miami hail history

19 recorded storm days in Miami, FL

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Other storms in Miami

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Aug 1, 2026

Aug 1, 2026

0.75"
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Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 31, 2026

Jul 31, 2026

2"
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Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Jul 27, 2026

Jul 27, 2026

0.5"
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Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Jul 17, 2026

Jul 17, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Jul 16, 2026

Jul 16, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Jul 15, 2026

Jul 15, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 6, 2026

Jul 6, 2026

0.5"
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Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 5, 2026

Jul 5, 2026

1"
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Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 4, 2026

Jul 4, 2026

0.5"
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Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 2, 2026

Jul 2, 2026

2.5"
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Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jul 1, 2026

Jul 1, 2026

1.75"
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Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026

1.25"
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Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jun 2, 2026

Jun 2, 2026

2.25"
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Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Jun 1, 2026

Jun 1, 2026

0.75"
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Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on May 31, 2026

May 31, 2026

1"
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Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Apr 26, 2026

Apr 26, 2026

0.75"
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Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Mar 1, 2026

Mar 1, 2026

1.5"
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Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Feb 28, 2026

Feb 28, 2026

0.5"
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Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates, not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.