Hail in Punta Gorda · May 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Punta Gorda that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 35th most severe storm Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda 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 May 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Punta Gorda, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 20, 2026 sits in Punta Gorda's hail record.
This was Punta Gorda's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 18 days after the May 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 35th of the 37 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Punta Gorda at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Punta Gorda: the same system put hail over 109 other tracked cities, 8 of them in Florida. Nearest: Fort Myers (23 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Myakka City (48 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Bradenton (55 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 37 Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda 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
Punta Gorda hail history
Other storms in Punta Gorda.
Estimated-size surface Sep 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 22, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jul 7, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 30, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 29, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 28, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 27, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 24, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 2, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 25, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 16, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 9, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 7, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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