Hail map for Sun City, AZ — September 26, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Sun City on September 26, 2025.
- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Reached the ground
- 50%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 2.00″
- 13.1 mi away · Public
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 50% over Sun City that day — moderate: severe hail likely reached the ground somewhere nearby. It is a separate model from the size estimate above: one asks how big the stones were in the storm, the other asks whether they made it down.
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Sun City, AZ on September 26, 2025
10 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public6 N Phoenix, AZ · 13.1 mi away11:19 AM MSTMaricopa County
2 inch hail was reported.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 SSE Sun City, AZ · 0.5 mi away10:22 AM MSTMaricopa County
Photo of estimated quarter-sized hail in Sun Lakes. Location approximated based on radar.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public3 NW Phoenix, AZ · 12.4 mi away11:05 AM MSTMaricopa County
Photo of quarter-sized hail near Downtown Phoenix. Location approximated based on radar.
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter4 N Phoenix, AZ · 12.6 mi away11:15 AM MSTMaricopa County
1-1.25 inch hail reported.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public5 N Phoenix, AZ · 13.3 mi away11:07 AM MSTMaricopa County
- 0.75″ penny size Public1 ESE Sun City, AZ · 0.9 mi away10:30 AM MSTMaricopa County
3/4 inch hail reported at the intersection of 99th Street and Thunderbird Road.
- 0.75″ penny size Public6 N Phoenix, AZ · 13.1 mi away11:21 AM MSTMaricopa County
- 0.50″ penny size Public3 NE Glendale, AZ · 7.3 mi away12:50 PM MSTMaricopa County
0.50 inch hail was reported.
- 0.50″ penny size Public3 NE Glendale, AZ · 7.3 mi away8:59 AM MSTMaricopa County
0.5 inch hail was reported.
- 0.25″ penny size Trained Spotter3 NE Sun City, AZ · 3.8 mi away10:39 AM MSTMaricopa County
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Sun City hail on September 26, 2025
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Sun City that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.