Hail in Hill City May 30, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 16 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature437
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Hill City 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
- 53 /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 Hill City 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.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
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.
Where May 30, 2026 sits in Hill City's hail record
This was Hill City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 27 days after the May 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hill City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hill City: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 41 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Rapid City (13 miles east, up to 1.5"); Deadwood (16 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Lead (17 miles north, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Hill City's May 30, 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.
For this storm over Hill City, 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.
What 1.75" hail means for Hill City 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.
$5.2M
Potential roof exposure — 437 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hill City on the live map
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12 recorded storm days in Hill City, SD
Other storms in Hill City
Jul 31, 2026
1"
Jul 10, 2026
0.75"
Jul 9, 2026
1"
Jul 8, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
3"
Jul 2, 2026
0.5"
Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Jun 6, 2026
1"
Jun 4, 2026
2"
May 3, 2026
0.5"