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Hail in Raton · Jul 29, 2026

NEXRAD logged 15 hail signatures up to 1.25"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 18
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Raton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.8 / 10
Storm severity score

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

2.8 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
26 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Raton saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 29, 2026 · Raton, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Raton, NM on Jul 29, 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 1.25" Detections 15
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jul 29, 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"

The storm in context

Where Jul 29, 2026 sits in Raton's hail record.

This was Raton's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 25 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Raton at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Raton: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 12 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Maxwell (21 miles south, up to 1.75"); Walsenburg (49 miles northwest, up to 1"); Rye (70 miles north, up to 1.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Raton 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 report
Wind gust 63 mph
Raton Crews Airport Colfax County

“ASOS station KRTN Raton Crews Airport. (ABQ)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm 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 Raton Crews Airport — beyond Raton itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Raton roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

18 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$216K

Potential roof exposure — 18 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.

Raton hail history

Other storms in Raton.

12 recorded storm days in Raton, NM
← All hail in Raton
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Sep 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Sep 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Aug 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Aug 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jul 31, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jul 4, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jun 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jun 24, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jun 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jun 12, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Jun 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Jun 5, 2026

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

Jun 3, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Raton, NM on Apr 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Raton / NM

Apr 11, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" 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 10, 2026.