Storm report · Miami-Dade

Hail in Miami Aug 1, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature

Homes in the hail footprint

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

The 15th 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.

1.8 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 28 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

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.

NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Miami, FL on Aug 1, 2026 — The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.

Max size 0.75" Detections 1

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Miami, FL on Aug 1, 2026 — 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.

Max size 0"

The storm in context

Where Aug 1, 2026 sits in Miami's hail record

This was Miami's 19th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jul 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th 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 Aug 1, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miami: the same system put hail over 98 other tracked cities, 4 of them in Florida. Nearest: Hialeah (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Hollywood (17 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Homestead (21 miles south, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Miami's Aug 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.

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

$300K

Potential roof exposure — 25 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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

Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Miami storm history — this Aug 1, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.

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Miami hail history

19 recorded storm days in Miami, FL

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