Hail in Danbury · Jul 6, 2026
Convective day · Jul 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Danbury 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
- 0 /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 Danbury 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Jul 6, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jul 6, 2026 sits in Danbury's hail record.
This was Danbury's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Danbury at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Danbury: the same system put hail over 832 other tracked cities, 125 of them in Texas. Nearest: Sweeny (28 miles west, up to 1.25"); Baytown (45 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Cypress (54 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Danbury 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.
For this storm over Danbury, 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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Danbury 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
Danbury hail history
Other storms in Danbury.
NEXRAD surface Jul 11, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jul 8, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface Jul 7, 2026
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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