Hail in Saint Paul Mar 31, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature503
0
none filedThe 7th most severe storm Saint Paul 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 54 /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 Saint Paul saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where Mar 31, 2026 sits in Saint Paul's hail record
This was Saint Paul's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Mar 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Saint Paul at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Saint Paul: the same system put hail over 522 other tracked cities, 43 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Erie (8 miles west, up to 1.75"); Girard (11 miles east, up to 0"); Walnut (12 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Saint Paul's Mar 31, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Saint Paul for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1" hail means for Saint Paul roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$6M
Potential roof exposure — 503 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Saint Paul on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Saint Paul, KS
Other storms in Saint Paul
Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Jun 25, 2026
2.5"
Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
Jun 13, 2026
1.25"
Jun 11, 2026
0.5"
May 31, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
1.25"
Apr 17, 2026
3.25"
Apr 15, 2026
1.25"
Apr 3, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
Mar 4, 2026
1.5"