Hail in Trenton May 16, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft33
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Trenton has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Trenton saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Trenton's hail record
This was Trenton's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Trenton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Trenton: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Florida. Nearest: Bell (9 miles west, up to 1"); Chiefland (14 miles south, up to 1"); Branford (14 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Trenton's May 16, 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.
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Trenton. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 0.5" hail means for Trenton roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$396K
Potential roof exposure — 33 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Trenton on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Trenton, FL
Other storms in Trenton
Jul 30, 2026
0.5"
Jul 29, 2026
1"
Jul 17, 2026
1.25"
Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
Jun 30, 2026
1.75"
May 21, 2026
0.75"
May 17, 2026
1.5"
Apr 3, 2026
2.25"
Mar 6, 2026
1"