Wind gust 65 mph
Farmington Fulton County
“60 to 65 mph winds with pea to dime size hail covering the ground at Main and Vernon street. (ILX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Farmington Apr 2, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
13
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 4th most severe storm Farmington has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.9 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 23 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Farmington saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
NEXRAD radar signatures
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Detections
1
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 2, 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 2, 2026 sits in Farmington's hail record
This was Farmington's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Mar 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Farmington at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Farmington: the same system put hail over 160 other tracked cities, 84 of them in Illinois. Nearest: London Mills (10 miles west, up to 1"); Brimfield (13 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Canton (15 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Farmington's Apr 2, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 0.75" hail means for Farmington 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$156K
Potential roof exposure — 13 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Farmington on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Farmington storm history — this Apr 2, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Farmington hail history
← All hail in Farmington 6 recorded storm days in Farmington, IL
Other storms in Farmington
Jul 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 11, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
2.75" Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.25"
2
ground reports 
Mar 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 15, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.