Hail in Fairfield · Mar 26, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 15th most severe storm Fairfield 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
- 0 /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 Fairfield 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.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Mar 26, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in Fairfield's hail record.
This was Fairfield's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 16 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fairfield at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fairfield: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 10 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Keosauqua (21 miles south, up to 1.75"); Milton (25 miles southwest, up to 1"); Bloomfield (25 miles southwest, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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" hail means for Fairfield 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
Fairfield hail history
Other storms in Fairfield.
Estimated-size surface Aug 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 4, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 2, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
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