Hail in Santa Fe · May 28, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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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Convective day · May 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Santa Fe has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Santa Fe saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where May 28, 2026 sits in Santa Fe's hail record.
This was Santa Fe's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Santa Fe at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Santa Fe: the same system put hail over 198 other tracked cities, 4 of them in New Mexico. Nearest: Cimarron (86 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Weston (129 miles northeast, up to 2.25"); Capitan (133 miles south, up to 2.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Santa Fe 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
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 Santa Fe. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Santa Fe 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.
Potential roof exposure
$102M
Potential roof exposure — 8,465 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 42 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$630K
Close just 0.5% of the 8,465 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $1,778 on top of the $150 plan.
Santa Fe hail history
Other storms in Santa Fe.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
0.75"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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