Hail in Fairbury May 29, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 12th most severe storm Fairbury 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
- 0 /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 Fairbury 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 29, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Fairbury's hail record
This was Fairbury's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fairbury at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fairbury: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 50 of them in Nebraska. Nearest: Haddam (14 miles south, up to 0.5"); Linn (30 miles south, up to 1"); Pickrell (34 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Fairbury's May 29, 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 Fairbury 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 Fairbury 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.
Track hail over Fairbury on the live map
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12 recorded storm days in Fairbury, NE
Other storms in Fairbury
Jul 3, 2026
0.75"
Jun 20, 2026
1.5"
May 18, 2026
3.75"
May 17, 2026
2.25"
May 16, 2026
2.5"
Apr 25, 2026
1.75"
Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Apr 11, 2026
1.25"
Apr 9, 2026
1"
Mar 6, 2026
1.75"