Hail size 1.75"
1 NW Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Middleton Apr 14, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Middleton this day.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
27,461
Ground reports
20
20 hailThe most severe storm Middleton 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.
6.0 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 89 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /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 Middleton saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
1.5"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Middleton, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 14, 2026 sits in Middleton's hail record
This was Middleton's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Middleton at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Middleton: the same system put hail over 476 other tracked cities, 94 of them in Wisconsin. Nearest: Black Earth (5 miles west, up to 1.75"); Verona (7 miles south, up to 1.5"); Blue Mounds (12 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Middleton's Apr 14, 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.
Hail reports
20 reports Hail size 1.5"
Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
3 NE Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 S Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 S Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 SW Shorewood Hills Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SE Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 E Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 E Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SW Cross Plains Dane County
“Trained spotter reports hail stones up to 2 inches in diameter. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NW Riley Dane County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
4 SW Middleton Dane County
“Trained spotter measures hail stones as large as 2.75 inches in diameter. (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Middleton Dane County
“(MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 S Middleton Dane County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 N Verona Dane County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MKX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Hail was reported over 25 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Shorewood Hills, Cross Plains, Riley, and Verona — beyond Middleton itself.
What 1.5" hail means for Middleton 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.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$330M
Potential roof exposure — 27,461 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
137 jobs
Illustrative work
~$2.1M
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
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Middleton hail history
← All hail in Middleton 4 recorded storm days in Middleton, WI
Other storms in Middleton
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.