Hail in Madrid · Jul 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Madrid that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jul 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 27th most severe storm Madrid 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
- 23 /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 Madrid 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 Jul 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Madrid, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 18, 2026 sits in Madrid's hail record.
This was Madrid's 22nd recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 27th of the 29 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Madrid at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jul 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Madrid: the same system put hail over 377 other tracked cities, 45 of them in New York. Nearest: Lisbon (7 miles south, up to 0.5"); Canton (14 miles south, up to 0.75"); South Plymouth (153 miles south, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 29 Madrid 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.
For this storm over Madrid, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Madrid 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
$156K
Potential roof exposure — 13 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $3 on top of the $150 plan.
Madrid hail history
Other storms in Madrid.
Estimated-size surface Aug 22, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 2, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 28, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 11, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 13, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 6, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface May 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 29, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 1, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Mar 30, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 26, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 16, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Mar 3, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jan 28, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jan 21, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jan 9, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jan 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jan 1, 2026
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