Hail in Canton Apr 27, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 5 hail signatures up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature299
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Canton 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
- 50 /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 Canton 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 27, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 27, 2026 sits in Canton's hail record
This was Canton's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canton at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canton: the same system put hail over 1,188 other tracked cities, 336 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Astoria (21 miles south, up to 1"); Adair (22 miles west, up to 0.75"); Delavan (27 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Canton's Apr 27, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Canton 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Canton 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.
$3.6M
Potential roof exposure — 299 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Canton on the live map
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8 recorded storm days in Canton, IL
Other storms in Canton
Jun 17, 2026
0.5"
Jun 11, 2026
1.5"
Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Apr 2, 2026
1.75"
Mar 31, 2026
0.75"