Storm report · Albany

Hail in Albany Jul 23, 2026

Hit 11 days ago

The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Albany this day.

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Largest hailstone

0.75"

≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint

4,532

Ground reports

none filed

Severity

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

Storm severity score

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

3.0 /10

Hail size: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 73 /100
Ground truth: 0 /100

Two ways to read the storm

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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Albany, NY on Jul 23, 2026 — 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.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 23, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Albany, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jul 23, 2026 sits in Albany's hail record

This was Albany's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Jul 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Albany at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jul 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Albany: the same system put hail over 164 other tracked cities. Nearest: Morris (198 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Killbuck (450 miles west, up to 1.25"); Pigeon (490 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills from Albany's Jul 23, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.

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.

The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Albany. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Albany roofs

Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.

What this storm is worth to a roofer

$54M

Potential roof exposure — 4,532 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs

23 jobs

Illustrative work

~$345K

Close just 0.5% of the 4,532 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.

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.

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Albany hail history

18 recorded storm days in Albany, NY

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