Hail in Canton · Jul 15, 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 · Jul 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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
- 43 /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
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jul 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 Jul 15, 2026 sits in Canton's hail record.
This was Canton's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 65 days after the May 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Canton at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Canton: the same system put hail over 114 other tracked cities, 5 of them in New York. Nearest: Rensselaer Falls (5 miles west, up to 1"); Lowville (59 miles south, up to 0.5"); Canastota (113 miles south, 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.
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
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 139 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 139 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
July 2028
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.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $29 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 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 25, 2026
1"
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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