Hail in Canton · Mar 15, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" 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 · Mar 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 25 /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 Mar 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Canton, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 15, 2026 sits in Canton's hail record.
This was Canton's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Feb 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canton at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canton: the same system put hail over 695 other tracked cities, 2 of them in New York. Nearest: De Kalb Junction (8 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Albany (149 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Hampshire (690 miles west, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Canton. 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 Canton 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
$192K
Potential roof exposure — 16 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $3 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 Feb 26, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Feb 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 11, 2026
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