Hail in Newton May 3, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 0". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft0
0
none filedThe 9th most severe storm Newton 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Newton 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 May 3, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 3, 2026 sits in Newton's hail record
This was Newton's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Newton at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Newton: the same system put hail over 115 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Clay City (18 miles south, up to 0"); Edgewood (24 miles west, up to 1"); Bridgeport (26 miles southeast, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Newton's May 3, 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.
For this storm over Newton, 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.
What 0" hail means for Newton roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
Track hail over Newton on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Newton storm history — this May 3, 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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9 recorded storm days in Newton, IL
Other storms in Newton
Jul 26, 2026
0.5"
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jun 17, 2026
1"
Apr 27, 2026
1.5"
Mar 22, 2026
1.75"
Mar 4, 2026
1"
Feb 19, 2026
1.25"
Jan 8, 2026
1.75"