Hail in Naperville · Jul 2, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 2, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Naperville 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 83 /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 Naperville saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Jul 2, 2026 sits in Naperville's hail record.
This was Naperville's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 22 days after the Jun 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Naperville at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 2, 2026 convective day was bigger than Naperville: the same system put hail over 1,147 other tracked cities, 68 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Oswego (6 miles southwest, up to 1"); Aurora (6 miles northwest, up to 1"); Lisle (6 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Naperville 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.
For this storm over Naperville, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Naperville roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$178M
Potential roof exposure — 14,860 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 74 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.1M
Close just 0.5% of the 14,860 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $3,121 on top of the $150 plan.
Naperville hail history
Other storms in Naperville.
Estimated-size surface Aug 9, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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