Hail in Albany · Feb 21, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Albany that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Feb 21, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Albany 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /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 Albany saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 21, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Albany, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 21, 2026 sits in Albany's hail record.
This was Albany's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 14th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albany at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 21, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albany: the same system put hail over 6 other tracked cities, 1 of them in New York. Nearest: Owego (134 miles west, up to 0.5"); Skipperville (1002 miles southwest, up to 0.75"); Ariton (1005 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Albany 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 Albany. 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 Albany 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$27M
Potential roof exposure — 2,234 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,234 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
February 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 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 $469 on top of the $150 plan.
Albany hail history
Other storms in Albany.
Estimated-size surface Aug 11, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 24, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 28, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 24, 2026
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