Hail map for Aurora, IL — August 9, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Aurora on August 9, 2026.
- 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
- 1.00″
- 5.7 mi away · Public
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 50% over Aurora 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 Aurora, IL on August 9, 2026
4 reports filed with the National Weather Service. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public3 W Naperville, IL · 5.7 mi away2:06 PM CDTDuPage County
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 W Naperville, IL · 7.0 mi away2:11 PM CDTDuPage County
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
- 0.75″ penny size Public2 W Naperville, IL · 7.4 mi away2:10 PM CDTDuPage County
Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
- 0.75″ penny size Public1 N Naperville, IL · 9.0 mi away2:10 PM CDTDuPage County
Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
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.
Aurora hail on August 9, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Aurora that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.