Hail in Rensselaer Falls May 8, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.75" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Rensselaer Falls this day.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · radar-estimated size aloft56
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none filedThe 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 35 /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
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.
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 May 8, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Rensselaer Falls, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Rensselaer Falls's hail record
This was Rensselaer Falls's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Apr 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Rensselaer Falls at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Rensselaer Falls: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 4 of them in New York. Nearest: Madrid (15 miles north, up to 0.75"); Carthage (46 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Castorland (49 miles south, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Rensselaer Falls's May 8, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Rensselaer Falls for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 1.75" hail means for Rensselaer Falls roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$672K
Potential roof exposure — 56 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"
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"
Jan 15, 2026
0.75"