Hail in Rensselaer Jul 27, 2026
Hit 7 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rensselaer this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft437
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Rensselaer 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
- 53 /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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 27, 2026 sits in Rensselaer's hail record
This was Rensselaer's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Jul 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rensselaer at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 27, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rensselaer: the same system put hail over 803 other tracked cities, 71 of them in Indiana. Nearest: Francesville (8 miles east, up to 0.5"); Fair Oaks (10 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Monon (10 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Rensselaer'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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Rensselaer. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.5" hail means for Rensselaer 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.
$5.2M
Potential roof exposure — 437 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rensselaer on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Rensselaer, IN
Other storms in Rensselaer
Jul 18, 2026
0.5"
Jul 9, 2026
0.5"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
Jun 9, 2026
1"
Jun 6, 2026
1.25"
Jun 5, 2026
1"
Apr 14, 2026
0.5"
Apr 13, 2026
1.75"
Feb 19, 2026
1"