Hail in Rensselaer Falls Jan 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rensselaer Falls this day.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft11
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none filedThe 7th most severe storm Rensselaer Falls has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Rensselaer Falls 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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jan 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rensselaer Falls, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jan 15, 2026 sits in Rensselaer Falls's hail record
This was Rensselaer Falls's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 7th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rensselaer Falls at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
Rensselaer Falls was the only tracked city this system reached on Jan 15, 2026 — a locally confined cell rather than a regional outbreak.
These maps are stills from Rensselaer Falls's Jan 15, 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.
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 Rensselaer Falls. 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.
What 0.75" hail means for Rensselaer Falls 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.
$132K
Potential roof exposure — 11 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Rensselaer Falls on the live map
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13 recorded storm days in Rensselaer Falls, NY
Other storms in Rensselaer Falls
Jul 15, 2026
1"
Jul 14, 2026
0.75"
Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Jul 1, 2026
May 19, 2026
0.5"
May 8, 2026
1.75"
Apr 6, 2026
1.75"
Mar 26, 2026
0.75"
Feb 25, 2026
0.5"
Feb 17, 2026
0.5"
Feb 11, 2026
0.5"