Hail in Canton · Feb 25, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Canton that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Feb 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Canton 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
- 33 /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 Canton 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 25, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Canton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Feb 25, 2026 sits in Canton's hail record.
This was Canton's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Feb 20, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canton: the same system put hail over 2 other tracked cities, 2 of them in New York. Nearest: Rensselaer Falls (5 miles west, up to 0.5"); Gouverneur (23 miles southwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Canton 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Canton for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Canton 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
$504K
Potential roof exposure — 42 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $9 on top of the $150 plan.
Canton hail history
Other storms in Canton.
Estimated-size surface Sep 1, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 29, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 11, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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