Wind gust 66 mph
7 E Sturgis Meade County
“(UNR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Sturgis Jul 25, 2026
Hit 9 days agoNEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.75". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
Largest hailstone
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
15
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 5th most severe storm Sturgis has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.0 /10
- Hail size
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 24 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Sturgis 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0.75"
Detections
1
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Sturgis's hail record
This was Sturgis's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Jul 2, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Sturgis at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Sturgis: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 102 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Faith (78 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Cherry Creek (93 miles east, up to 3"); Kyle (95 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills from Sturgis's Jul 25, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 0.75" hail means for Sturgis 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$180K
Potential roof exposure — 15 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. 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.
Track hail over Sturgis on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Sturgis storm history — this Jul 25, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Sturgis hail history
← All hail in Sturgis 6 recorded storm days in Sturgis, SD
Other storms in Sturgis
Jul 2, 2026
4" Signatures 4" Estimated 2.75"
2
ground reports 
Jun 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
Jun 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.