Hail in Hoffman Estates Jul 27, 2026
Hit 7 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Hoffman Estates this day.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft30,092
0
none filedThe most severe storm Hoffman Estates 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 90 /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 Hoffman Estates 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 Jul 27, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Hoffman Estates, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Hoffman Estates's hail record
This was Hoffman Estates's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Jul 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 3 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hoffman Estates at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hoffman Estates: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 130 of them in Illinois. Nearest: South Barrington (5 miles west, up to 1.5"); Barrington (6 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Schaumburg (7 miles south, up to 2").
These maps are stills from Hoffman Estates's Jul 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Hoffman Estates. 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 1.75" hail means for Hoffman Estates roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$361M
Potential roof exposure — 30,092 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hoffman Estates on the live map
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3 recorded storm days in Hoffman Estates, IL
