Wind gust 78 mph
4 NE South Valley Bernalillo County
“ASOS station KABQ Albuquerque Intl Sunport. (ABQ)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Bernalillo
Hail in Albuquerque · Jul 24, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. 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 · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 3,234
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 NEXRAD only
Convective day · Jul 24, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Albuquerque has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.1 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.1 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 70 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Albuquerque saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 24, 2026 · Albuquerque, NM
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Detections
1
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 24, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 24, 2026 sits in Albuquerque's hail record.
This was Albuquerque's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 197 days after the Jan 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albuquerque at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 24, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albuquerque: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 17 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Tijeras (28 miles east, up to 1"); Mountainair (42 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Cochiti Pueblo (53 miles northeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Albuquerque 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
1 report 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.
Wind reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from South Valley — beyond Albuquerque itself.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Albuquerque 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.
3,234 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$39M
Potential roof exposure — 3,234 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,234 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $679 on top of the $150 plan.
Albuquerque hail history
Other storms in Albuquerque.
4 recorded storm days in Albuquerque, NM
Estimated-size surface Storm date Albuquerque / NM
Sep 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Albuquerque / NM
Jul 28, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Albuquerque / NM
Jan 8, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 15, 2026.