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Hail in Cambridge · Aug 25, 2026

Hit 18 days ago

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 86
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Aug 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 10th most severe storm Cambridge has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.1 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

2.1 /10
Peak hail signal
19 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
39 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Cambridge saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 25, 2026 · Cambridge, NE

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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 25, 2026 Radar signature field

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.

Max size 0" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Aug 25, 2026 sits in Cambridge's hail record.

This was Cambridge's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 24, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cambridge at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cambridge: the same system put hail over 205 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Oberlin (46 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Herndon (46 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Culbertson (47 miles southwest, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Cambridge storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Cambridge, 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.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Cambridge roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

86 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1M

Potential roof exposure — 86 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $18 on top of the $150 plan.

Cambridge hail history

Other storms in Cambridge.

15 recorded storm days in Cambridge, NE
← All hail in Cambridge
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 27, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 24, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 20, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Aug 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 30, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 22, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jul 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jul 2, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 8, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

Jun 3, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 30, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
8 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 29, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Cambridge, NE on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Cambridge / NE

May 16, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.