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Hail in Ojo Caliente · Aug 19, 2026

Hit 24 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ojo Caliente that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

Ojo Caliente's only recorded storm in the last 12 months

Composite score · 0.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

0.8 /10
Peak hail signal
13 /100

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

Homes exposed
0 /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 Ojo Caliente saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 19, 2026 · Ojo Caliente, NM

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Ojo Caliente, NM on Aug 19, 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 0.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ojo Caliente, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 19, 2026 sits in Ojo Caliente's hail record.

This was Ojo Caliente's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 1 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ojo Caliente at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ojo Caliente: the same system put hail over 496 other tracked cities, 14 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Pecos (39 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Cleveland (41 miles east, up to 1.5"); Chacon (42 miles east, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 1 Ojo Caliente storm date 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.

No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Ojo Caliente. 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.

Below the severe threshold

What 0.5" hail means for Ojo Caliente roofs.

Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Ojo Caliente hail history

1 recorded storm day in Ojo Caliente, NM

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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 20, 2026.