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Open NOAA hail data for 205 cities in 28 states, free under CC BY 4.0. Use it, embed it, cite it, no signup.
Who this is for. Local news and weather desks, insurance agents, realtors, home inspectors, HOAs, city pages, bloggers and roofing companies. Everything here is free. Keep the credit line and NOAA’s caveat: storm reports are preliminary and do not prove damage to any roof.
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The three things people use most.
Hail this month, by city
Which covered cities had NOAA hail reports in the last 30 days, with the largest hailstone and the latest report date. Refreshed every 10 minutes.
Free widgets for your site
A live hail card and a roof cost card for any covered city. Pick a city, paste one block of code, and it keeps itself up to date.
Link to PickARoofer
Ready-to-paste links, citation text and our logo for news stories, blogs and resource pages. Brand and keyword link options.
Open hail data
Every table has a CSV and a plain explanation of where the numbers come from.
Cities ranked by hail history
County hail events 2014 to 2024 for each covered city, ranked. Shows the largest hail on record.
State of Hail
NOAA hail events by state and by year, with a chart of the busiest years. Good source for features and explainers.
Live NOAA hail feed
Preliminary storm reports from the last 24 hours and 7 days, matched to the nearest covered city within 25 miles.
Hail RSS feed
One feed for all covered cities, last 7 days. For newsroom readers and automation.
Hail risk by ZIP
Type a ZIP code and see its hail history and risk. There is an embeddable version for your own page.
Hail claim checklist
Steps from the first look at the roof to the adjuster visit. Printable.
Verify before you hire
How to verify a roofer, by state
What each of the 28 states requires of roofers and where to check a license. Where we check a state registry, the page shows the date of our last check.
Contractor badge
For roofers listed with us: a small badge for your own site that links to your profile on PickARoofer.
How the data is made
Sources, limits and who is behind the numbers.
Data & Methodology
Where every number comes from, how often it updates and what it cannot tell you.
How verification works
How we check roofer licenses and insurance, and what we do not claim.
Editorial policy
How we write, source and correct what we publish.
About PickARoofer
Who we are and how homeowner requests are routed to roofers.
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