Alton, IL

Hail map for Alton, IL — May 19, 2025

Hail up to 1.00″ — quarter size — was estimated within 5 miles of Alton on May 19, 2025.

Roofing contractors

Claim your live interactive hail map

Every address in Illinois at once — three years of NOAA hail swaths drawn on a map you can zoom, filter and actually work.

HailMate's canvassing map: hail swaths colour-banded by stone size, from yellow through red to purple, laid over a satellite view of a Texas territory, with hail swath and territory controls.

$79/moall of Illinois, not one storm day

  • The May 19, 2025 swath — and every other storm since 2023 across Illinois
  • GPS door-knocking — pins, photos and who you have already hit
  • Jobs, contacts, estimates and invoices included
  • An alert the next time Illinois gets hit
See the hail map See a sample map first

Running a crew? See the whole CRM in a 15-minute demo

HailTrace charges $229 for this one day, once. $79 here is all of Illinois, every day.

Max hail size
1.00″
quarter
Impact rating
3/10
from stone size
Size bands over the city
1
distinct radar bands
Measured on the ground
2.00″
9.6 mi away · Trained Spotter

Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.

Homeowners

Did hail hit your address?

This page covers Alton as a whole. Check your own address to see every storm on record for your roof — the date and the stone size for each one — and we'll email you the full report to keep.

Check my address

Free, and no account needed to look it up. If hail did hit, you'll have the date and the stone size in writing — which is the first thing an adjuster asks for.

What people on the ground measured in Alton, IL on May 19, 2025

8 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 5 from trained observers 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 Trained Spotter
    1 N Florissant, MO · 9.6 mi away9:01 PM CDTSt. Louis County

    Observer estimated wind gusts around 40 mph.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size Law Enforcement
    Florissant, MO · 10.1 mi away8:56 PM CDTSt. Louis County

    Via Slack: Missouri State Highway Patrol reported golf ball sized hail in Florissant.

  • 1.50″ half dollar size Trained Spotter
    1 NNE Berkeley, MO · 12.5 mi away8:58 PM CDTSt. Louis County
  • 1.50″ half dollar size Public
    2 WNW Hazelwood, MO · 13.1 mi away8:56 PM CDTSt. Louis County

    Via Facebook: 1.5 inch hail measured with ruler.

  • 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter
    1 NNW Hazelwood, MO · 12.2 mi away8:58 PM CDTSt. Louis County
  • 1.25″ half dollar size Public
    1 NW Hazelwood, MO · 12.2 mi away8:57 PM CDTSt. Louis County
  • 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter
    Florissant, MO · 9.6 mi away9:00 PM CDTSt. Louis County
  • 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter
    Hazelwood, MO · 12.2 mi away8:45 PM CDTSt. Louis County

These are verified ground reports, updated 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.

FAQ

Alton hail on May 19, 2025

Hail up to 1.00 inches — quarter size — was estimated within about 5 miles of Alton that day, across 1 distinct size band. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.

Knock the Alton streets this storm hit

Your whole state at street level, with this swath already on the map — $79/mo, cancel anytime.

One state, everything included · from $79/mo · month-to-month, cancel anytime