Hail in Fairfield Jun 17, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fairfield this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft5,531
0
none filedThe 6th 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.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 75 /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 Fairfield saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 17, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fairfield, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jun 17, 2026 sits in Fairfield's hail record
This was Fairfield's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Jun 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fairfield at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fairfield: the same system put hail over 294 other tracked cities, 33 of them in Iowa. Nearest: Birmingham (15 miles south, up to 0.75"); Stockport (15 miles south, up to 0.5"); Batavia (16 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fairfield's Jun 17, 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 Fairfield. 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 0.75" hail means for Fairfield 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.
$66M
Potential roof exposure — 5,531 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fairfield on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Fairfield, IA
Other storms in Fairfield
Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
May 4, 2026
0.75"
Apr 23, 2026
1"
Apr 17, 2026
0.75"
Apr 14, 2026
1"
Apr 2, 2026
1.5"
Mar 31, 2026
1"
Mar 30, 2026
1"
Mar 26, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
1.25"