Joliet, IL

Hail map for Joliet, ILMay 2, 2024

NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.00″ — quarter size — within 5 miles of Joliet on May 2, 2024.

Hail swath map for Joliet, IL on May 2, 2024 showing 1.00 inch hail.
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 2, 2024 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

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
1.00
6.5 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 Joliet 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 Joliet, IL on May 2, 2024

6 reports filed with the National Weather Service4 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.

  • 1.00 quarter size Trained Spotter
    2 W Crystal Lawns, IL · 6.5 mi away2:01 PM CDTWill County

    Trained spotter near IL-59 and Caton Farm Road reported quarter sized hail.

  • 1.00 quarter size Public
    3 W Crystal Lawns, IL · 7.3 mi away1:55 PM CDTWill County

    Trained spotter reported quarter size hail 0.5 miles west of Caton Farm Road and IL59 between Joliet and Plainfield. 0.5 inch hail ongoing at time of report. Time estimated by radar.

  • 0.88 penny size Emergency Mngr
    2 SSE Ingalls Park, IL · 3.7 mi away3:47 PM CDTWill County

    New Lenox emergency management reports nickel size hail near Spencer Road and Cherry Hill Road.

  • 0.88 penny size Public
    1 NNW Crystal Lawns, IL · 5.9 mi away2:07 PM CDTWill County

    NWS employee reported nickel sized hail at I-55 and US-30 northwest of Joliet. Time estimated by radar.

  • 0.75 penny size NWS Employee
    1 SW Woodridge, IL · 14.9 mi away2:25 PM CDTDuPage County

    NWS employee reports penny sized hail between Bolingbrook and Woodridge.

  • 0.70 penny size NWS Employee
    1 S Crest Hill, IL · 1.3 mi away3:44 PM CDTWill County

    NWS employee reports hail up to dime size near Black Road and US30 in Joliet.

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.

FAQ

Joliet hail on May 2, 2024

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

Knock the Joliet 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