Hail in Miami · Aug 23, 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 · Aug 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 21st 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
- 0 /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 Aug 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Miami, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 23, 2026 sits in Miami's hail record.
This was Miami's 23rd recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Aug 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 21st 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 Aug 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Miami: the same system put hail over 185 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Florida. Nearest: Boca Raton (61 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Belle Glade (69 miles north, up to 0.5"); Jupiter (94 miles north, up to 1").
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.
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.
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
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
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 28, 2026
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