Hail in Joliet Jul 26, 2026
Hit 8 days agoThe radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Joliet this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft69
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Joliet 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
- 37 /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 Joliet 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 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Joliet, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 26, 2026 sits in Joliet's hail record
This was Joliet's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the Jun 27, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 2 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Joliet at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Joliet: the same system put hail over 351 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Montana. Nearest: Columbus (14 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Absarokee (25 miles west, up to 0.5"); Fishtail (30 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Joliet's Jul 26, 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 Joliet. 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 Joliet 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.
$828K
Potential roof exposure — 69 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Joliet on the live map
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2 recorded storm days in Joliet, MT
