Hail in Pekin Feb 19, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Pekin this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft85
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Pekin 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Pekin 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 Feb 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Pekin, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Feb 19, 2026 sits in Pekin's hail record
This was Pekin's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Pekin at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Pekin: the same system put hail over 64 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Illinois. Nearest: Topeka (15 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Havana (23 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Astoria (36 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Pekin's Feb 19, 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 Pekin. 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 0.5" hail means for Pekin 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.
$1M
Potential roof exposure — 85 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Pekin on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Pekin, IL
Other storms in Pekin
Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Jun 11, 2026
0.75"
Apr 3, 2026
1"
Apr 2, 2026
1"
Mar 10, 2026
0.75"