Did it really hail at your house?
Everyone with an opinion about your roof is selling something. The radar isn't. Type your address and see every day NOAA radar detected hail over it, going back 30 years. It's free, and we don't keep the address. Independent site built on NOAA's public radar archive. We are not affiliated with NOAA and they have not endorsed us.
Also want lightning and tornado signatures for this address? Full storm history →
Just had a storm? See hail reported in the last 48 hours, with measured sizes, or check the last 24 hours at 1km instead of a 7-mile tile.
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What people usually do instead
They'll tell you there's damage. They're also the one selling the roof. That isn't a reason to distrust them, it's a reason to know the date before they arrive.
The claim usually starts with a date of loss. Turning up without one puts you in the weakest position in the conversation.
Certified reports run into real money and are built for adjusters and lawyers. If you need one for a dispute, buy it. To find out whether it's worth making a call at all, this is free.
Questions homeowners ask
Did it hail at my house?
Put your address in the box above and this reads NOAA's radar archive for the exact spot, then tells you which days hail was estimated over it and roughly how big the stones were. It's free, there's no account, and the address isn't kept.
Does hail actually damage a roof?
It depends on size and on the roof. Around one inch, quarter size, is where stones start marking asphalt shingles. At an inch and a half the odds of real damage go up a lot. An older brittle roof marks at sizes a newer shingle shrugs off, so age matters nearly as much as the hail did.
How do I know if my roof was damaged by hail?
You don't, from a website, and be careful with anything that tells you otherwise. Radar estimates the size of a stone from above. It can't see your shingles. What this gives you is the date and the size, which is what you need before you ask somebody to get up there and look.
How long do I have to file a hail claim?
That's set by your policy and your state, and some policies run a lot shorter than people assume. Knowing the exact date a storm passed over your address is the part that matters here, because a claim usually starts with naming the date of loss.
Is this the same as an official weather report?
No. This is a plain reading of NOAA's public radar archive for your coordinates. It isn't a certified report and it isn't an inspection. It's free, and it's meant to tell you whether the storm you remember actually reached your house.
What does the hail size mean in real terms?
Radar reports in inches, so the sizes get named after things you can picture. A quarter is one inch, a ping pong ball is an inch and a half, a golf ball is one and three quarters, and a hen egg is two. Anything at ping pong or above is worth having looked at.