Hail map for North Chicago, IL — July 27, 2026
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of North Chicago on July 27, 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
- 30%
- NOAA POSH probability
- Measured on the ground
- 1.00″
- 15.0 mi away · Public
NOAA's Probability of Severe Hail peaked at 30% over North Chicago that day — low to moderate: the radar signature was there, ground impact less certain. 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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Every storm over North Chicago →What people on the ground measured in North Chicago, IL on July 27, 2026
One report 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 Public2 SE Wauconda, IL · 15.0 mi away12:21 PM CDTLake County
Relayed via mping. Time estimated by radar.
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.
North Chicago hail on July 27, 2026
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of North Chicago that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.