Hail in Rensselaer Falls · Mar 26, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rensselaer Falls that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Mar 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 8th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 19 /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 Rensselaer Falls saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 26, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rensselaer Falls, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 26, 2026 sits in Rensselaer Falls's hail record.
This was Rensselaer Falls's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 29 days after the Feb 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th 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.
The Mar 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rensselaer Falls: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 3 of them in New York. Nearest: Canton (5 miles east, up to 0.75"); Richville (14 miles south, up to 0.5"); Madrid (15 miles north, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Rensselaer Falls 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 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Rensselaer Falls roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$96K
Potential roof exposure — 8 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Rensselaer Falls hail history
Other storms in Rensselaer Falls.
Estimated-size surface Jul 15, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 14, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 1, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 19, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 6, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Feb 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Feb 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jan 15, 2026
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