Best Free Hail & Wind Report Tools for U.S. Addresses

Seven ways to check hail and wind history for a specific U.S. property. StormAuditor ranks first: it is free to start, works at the address, and returns an instant YES/NO screening check built on the NOAA MRMS, URMA, HRRR, SPC, and NWS data that federal meteorologists use.

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At a glance

StormAuditor gives both an estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the address for every storm date, with the screening check free.

1. StormAuditor (Top Pick) — Address-level hail and wind reports for roofers, public adjusters, and claim attorneys — all 50 states searchable, with a free check for homeowners. Free · $2.99 report · $4.99–$29.99/mo.
2. HailTrace (Best for canvassers) — Meteorologist-drawn hail and wind maps for storm-restoration sales teams. Subscription · $40 report.
3. HailCheck — Hail and wind event reports by address for roofers and adjusters (hailchecker.com). From $20/mo · reports $15–$39.
4. Interactive Hail Maps — Subscription hail-map platform for contractors (interactivehailmaps.com). $999–$1,999 per year.
5. NWS & NOAA public viewers (weather.gov / MRMS) (Government source) — Official government maps of warnings, reports and radar products. Free.
6. NOAA Storm Events Database (NCEI) — Federal archive of significant severe weather events. Free.
7. SPC Storm Reports — Daily severe weather reports. Free.

Free live tools, no account

• Live Radar & Storm Replay — the national NEXRAD composite with live NWS warning polygons, nearest-station conditions, GOES satellite views, and the SPC severe outlook, plus replay of any storm day back to 2012 in 5-minute frames.
• 7-Day Forecast — the official NWS point forecast for any U.S. location, with hourly detail and active alerts.
• Peak Wind Gusts Yesterday — the 25 highest measured station gusts in the U.S. each day, with the local time of each peak and the top gusts by state.

Feature comparison — free storm report tools (2026)

About this comparison: StormAuditor publishes this guide, and the ranking reflects our editorial opinion. Statements about other services come from each provider’s own public product pages, checked 2026-10-07; "Unverified" means their public materials neither confirm nor deny it. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. Corrections: contact us.

Detailed reviews

1. StormAuditor — Top Pick

Address-level hail and wind reports for roofers, public adjusters, and claim attorneys — all 50 states searchable, with a free check for homeowners

Price: Free · $2.99 report · $4.99–$29.99/mo. Audience: Roofers, public adjusters, insurance adjusters, claim attorneys — and homeowners.

StormAuditor is built for the professionals who work hail and wind claims: every storm date at a property carries an estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust, and the Audit Report shows the evidence and arithmetic behind any single date. Homeowners get a free at-property YES/NO check for estimated wind of 45 mph or more and hail of 0.75 in. or larger, plus the NWS warnings, storm reports, and station observations around the address.

Strengths

• Free at-address Free Report Snapshot (YES/NO wind ≥ 45 mph and hail ≥ 0.75 in.)
• Free at-address dossier, NOAA observation tab, and Date of Loss Research browser
• Free Live Radar & Storm Replay — animated national NEXRAD radar with live NWS warnings, plus replay of any storm day back to 2012 in 5-minute frames — and a free 7-Day NWS point forecast, no account needed
• Generated PDF Weather Reports on Pro / Pro+ ($4.99+/mo) — or a one-time Single Weather Report for any address at $2.99, no subscription
• Per-date Audit Reports: a PDF showing the full evidence behind an estimate — a satellite evidence map with instruments and storm reports plotted at their true locations, the step-by-step arithmetic with real numbers, and the hail radar analysis (included with Pro plans and higher; $2.99 single)
• ~1 km MRMS MESH hail analysis, drawn cell-for-cell from the radar grid on the statewide Hail & Wind Explorer maps and the Storm Map Dashboard
• All 50 U.S. states searchable — 5+ years of at-address wind + hail analysis (since October 2021); NOAA storm records since 2010 for every state and 578 cities
• Unlimited Weather Reports and Audit Reports on Pro+ ($9.99/mo); Organization plan: 5 accounts for $29.99/mo
• Zone Canvas Tool for canvassing: draw an area up to 2,500 sq mi and list every storm day with hail swaths, wind swaths, or storm reports inside it (Pro+ and Organization)
• Published methodology: SAHE-2 (hail) and SAWE-2.17 (wind), empirically calibrated two-pass objective analysis on URMA + HRRR
• Statewide Hail Explorer and Wind Explorer swath maps on Pro+; storm reports, measured station gusts, and NWS warnings on the Storm Map free with an account
• Free daily ranking of the highest measured station wind gusts in the U.S., with the local time of each peak

Limitations

• Not a damage diagnosis — on-site inspection still required
• Generated PDF Weather Report is paid (from $4.99/mo, or $2.99 one-time for a single address); statewide Explorer maps are on Pro+ ($9.99/mo)
• Radar and analysis grids are area-based (~1 km MESH; ~2.5 km URMA)

2. HailTrace — Best for canvassers

Meteorologist-drawn hail and wind maps for storm-restoration sales teams

Price: Subscription · $40 report. Audience: Roofing contractors and storm-restoration teams.

HailTrace sells hail and wind maps drawn live by its in-house meteorologists, by subscription, with free access to its 1-Star hail maps and individual maps for purchase. Its hail maps go back to 2010 and its wind maps, which show areas of severe wind (58 mph and up), to 2020. A per-address Weather History Report is $40 and a Meteorologist Reviewed Report is $150 (per hailtrace.com, checked 2026-10-07).

Strengths

• Storm maps drawn live by in-house meteorologists
• iPhone and Android apps, sales dashboards, and integrations with JobNimbus, SalesRabbit, and Spotio
• Free 1-Star hail maps; per-address Weather History Report as a PDF (storm history from 2011)

Limitations

• Full map archive is a subscription; per-address reports are a separate purchase ($40, or $150 meteorologist-reviewed)
• Wind maps start in 2020 and show areas of 58 mph and up
• Positioned as a sales and lead-generation platform for storm-restoration teams

3. HailCheck

Hail and wind event reports by address for roofers and adjusters (hailchecker.com)

Price: From $20/mo · reports $15–$39. Audience: Roofing contractors, public adjusters, insurance professionals.

HailCheck sells address-level hail reports built from radar-estimated hail size at the property with 1/3/5-mile rings, plus NOAA wind and hail events with speeds and narratives, in all 50 states. Its pages cite hail and wind events back to 2005, MRMS MESH radar hail swaths, unlimited report generation, print and download on the $49/month Pro plan, and a $99 hail test-square validation (per hailchecker.com, checked 2026-10-07).

Strengths

• Radar-estimated hail size at the property with 1/3/5-mile rings
• Cites hail and wind event history back to 2005 in all 50 states
• Printable PDF reports on the Pro plan; sample PDFs published

Limitations

• Wind is presented as NOAA wind events with speeds and narratives
• Starter plan ($20/month) shows storm and address history on screen with reports à la carte; single reports are $15–$39

4. Interactive Hail Maps

Subscription hail-map platform for contractors (interactivehailmaps.com)

Price: $999–$1,999 per year. Audience: Roofing contractors, public adjusters, and PDR companies.

Interactive Hail Maps sells radar-derived hail maps by annual subscription: One State $999, Three State $1,499, or Nationwide $1,999 per year, each with 10+ years of historical hail maps, unlimited Hail Impact Reports, address monitoring, and the Hail Recon app. Its wind data combines NOAA wind spotter reports, a wind heatmap from personal weather stations, and NWS tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings (per interactivehailmaps.com, checked 2026-10-07).

Strengths

• Deep archive: 10+ years of radar-derived hail maps
• Unlimited Hail Impact Reports and address monitoring on every plan
• Hail Recon app for iPhone, iPad, and Android with canvassing address markers built in

Limitations

• Access is by annual subscription ($999 per year and up)
• Wind at an address comes from NOAA spotter reports, NWS warnings, and nearby personal weather stations
• Positioned for roofing contractors, public adjusters, and PDR companies

5. NWS & NOAA public viewers (weather.gov / MRMS) — Government source

Official government maps of warnings, reports and radar products

Price: Free. Audience: General public, researchers.

The National Weather Service and NOAA publish free official viewers: active warnings and local storm reports on weather.gov, and radar-derived products (including MESH hail estimates) on NOAA/NSSL’s MRMS site. Authoritative and free, but spread across separate tools and not built for a quick "did my address get hit?" answer.

Strengths

• Official government sources
• Free and publicly accessible
• Nationwide warning and report coverage

Limitations

• Not designed for address-specific lookups
• Data is split across several separate viewers and interfaces
• No scoring or per-address estimate

6. NOAA Storm Events Database (NCEI)

Federal archive of significant severe weather events

Price: Free. Audience: Researchers, insurers, meteorologists.

The NCEI Storm Events database is the official U.S. archive of significant hail, wind, tornado, and flood events, with narratives, damage totals, and casualties. Comprehensive at the county / event level, but raw tabular data that requires filtering and interpretation before it is useful for a specific address.

Strengths

• Most comprehensive official U.S. severe-weather archive
• Detailed event narratives and damage reporting
• Free and searchable by state, county, and date

Limitations

• County-level granularity — not address specific
• Raw tabular format
• No scoring or visualization for property owners

7. SPC Storm Reports

Daily severe weather reports

Price: Free. Audience: Meteorologists, researchers, insurers.

The Storm Prediction Center publishes daily severe-weather reports from trained spotters, law enforcement, and the public, including reported hail sizes. Widely used corroboration for radar data, but point reports rather than coverage — and no per-address search.

Strengths

• Reported hail sizes and wind gusts from the ground
• Widely used by meteorologists and carriers
• Free and updated daily

Limitations

• Point reports only — coverage gaps where spotters were absent
• No historical per-address search
• No scoring or homeowner-friendly view

Looking for an alternative to a specific hail or storm tool? Each section below lists what that provider says about its own product on its public pages, with the date we checked, and then what StormAuditor offers for the same job.

HailTrace alternative

What HailTrace offers

• Subscription access to live maps and the map archive; free access to its 1-Star hail maps, or individual maps for purchase.
• Weather History Report: $40 per address, storm history from 2011 to present (hail, wind and tornado events) as a print-ready PDF. A Meteorologist Reviewed Report is $150.
• Its database goes back to 2010 for hail and 2020 for wind; wind maps show areas of severe wind (58 mph and up).
• iPhone and Android apps, storm notifications, and integrations with sales tools such as JobNimbus, SalesRabbit and Spotio, built for sales teams in storm restoration.

Per hailtrace.com home page, FAQ and Weather History Report page, checked 2026-10-07.

What StormAuditor offers

• An estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the address for every storm date since October 2021.
• A $2.99 single Weather Report or Audit Report with no subscription; the Audit Report shows the instruments, their distances and the arithmetic behind one date.
• Wind estimates at the address on every storm day, including gusts below 58 mph; the Audit Report lists the measured station gusts behind an estimate with the local time of each peak.

Hail Recon alternative

What Hail Recon offers

• Hail Recon is the iPhone, iPad and Android companion app for an Interactive Hail Maps subscription; the app is a free download that works with that subscription.
• Radar hail swaths from ½ in. to over 3 in. in ¼-in. steps, your location against the swath, on-the-ground spotter hail reports, and push hail alerts.
• Address markers for canvassing (damage severity, hail size, wind damage, notes), with a hail impact report for any marked address.

Per the Hail Recon App Store and Google Play listings (publisher Interactive Hail Maps); hailrecon.com redirects to interactivehailmaps.com, checked 2026-10-07.

What StormAuditor offers

• An estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the address for every storm date since October 2021.
• A $2.99 single Weather Report or Audit Report with no subscription; the Audit Report shows the instruments, their distances and the arithmetic behind one date.
• No subscription needed to start: the Free Report Snapshot checks any address for estimated hail of 0.75 in. or more and wind of 45 mph or more, and the Storm Map shows each day’s storm reports and measured station gusts free with an account.

Interactive Hail Maps alternative

What Interactive Hail Maps offers

• Annual plans: One State $999 per year, Three State $1,499 per year, Nationwide $1,999 per year, each with 10+ years of historical hail maps.
• Every plan includes unlimited branded Hail Impact Reports (hail date, size, storm direction and duration), unlimited address monitoring, real-time hail alerts based on radar, and the Hail Recon app.
• Wind data: NOAA wind spotter reports, a wind heatmap from personal weather stations, and NWS tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings.

Per interactivehailmaps.com pricing, Hail Impact Reports and FAQ pages, checked 2026-10-07.

What StormAuditor offers

• An estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the address for every storm date since October 2021.
• A $2.99 single Weather Report or Audit Report with no subscription; the Audit Report shows the instruments, their distances and the arithmetic behind one date.
• Monthly plans from $4.99, Pro+ at $9.99 for unlimited Weather Reports and Audit Reports plus statewide hail and wind swath maps in any state, and Organization at $29.99 for five accounts.

StormerSite alternative

What StormerSite offers

• Free Today and Yesterday pages list hail, wind and tornado reports.
• Hail History Report: $14.95, covering potential hail activity in the last 6 years within 3 miles of an address, as a printable PDF with a range of possible hail sizes by date and nearby NOAA hail and wind spotter reports.
• The report page notes that it does not include wind gust data.

Per stormersite.com home page and Hail History Reports page, checked 2026-10-07.

What StormAuditor offers

• An estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the address for every storm date since October 2021.
• A $2.99 single Weather Report or Audit Report with no subscription; the Audit Report shows the instruments, their distances and the arithmetic behind one date.
• Wind as well as hail: the estimated peak gust at the address for every storm date, the measured station gusts behind it with their peak times in the Audit Report, and a free daily list of the highest measured station gusts across the U.S.

Weather verification reports vs. at-address estimates

Insurers also buy weather verification reports from large data companies. These are built for claims departments and ordered inside claims software. What each provider says about its product:

Verisk Benchmark Reports

• Location-specific weather history reports and alerts for hail, wind and lightning claims, ordered by insurers through claims systems such as Guidewire.
• Historical events for most locations in the U.S. and Canada, for use early in the claim.

Per verisk.com news release of November 18, 2024, checked 2026-10-07.

Cotality Weather Verify (formerly CoreLogic)

• Property-level hail size, wind speed and lightning data in verification reports and high-resolution maps, built for insurance claims workflows.
• Delivered through API, the Guidewire Marketplace or Claims Workspace, with access arranged through its sales team.

Per cotality.com Weather Verify page; corelogic.com now carries the Cotality name, checked 2026-10-07.

What StormAuditor offers

• StormAuditor is open to anyone with an address: homeowners, roofers, public adjusters and attorneys, as well as insurers. No claims-system account or sales call.
• Each storm date carries an estimated hail size and an estimated peak gust at the address, with the public record behind it: measured station gusts, NWS warnings and Local Storm Reports.
• A $2.99 Audit Report shows the instruments, distances and calculation behind one date’s estimate, under a published methodology.

See what an Audit Report includes, or check any address with the Free Report Snapshot.

How StormAuditor compares: price, coverage, at-address estimates

Price. StormAuditor’s research core is free with an account, a full Weather Report for one address is $2.99, and plans run $4.99–$29.99 a month. On this list, a per-address report is $40 at HailTrace and $15–$39 at HailCheck, and Interactive Hail Maps starts at $999 per year (per each provider’s site, checked 2026-10-07). The NWS, NCEI Storm Events, and SPC viewers are free.

Coverage. Any address in all 50 states can be searched on StormAuditor for NWS warnings, storm reports, and station observations; at-address estimates cover every storm date since October 2021, and NOAA storm records since 2010 back every state page and 578 city pages. HailCheck cites event history back to 2005 in all 50 states, HailTrace’s hail maps go back to 2010 and its wind maps to 2020, and Interactive Hail Maps keeps 10+ years of radar hail maps.

At-address estimates. StormAuditor gives every storm date an estimated hail size and an estimated peak wind gust at the property, and the Audit Report shows the instruments, distances, and arithmetic behind one date. HailCheck gives radar-estimated hail at the property with NOAA wind events, Interactive Hail Maps takes wind from spotter reports, personal weather stations, and NWS warnings, and HailTrace’s wind maps show areas of 58 mph and up.

• 9+ noaa / nws data sources
• 50 u.s. states searchable
• 5+ yrs at-address hail + wind estimates
• $0 cost for the research core

Frequently asked questions

What is the best free tool to check hail history for my address?

A free StormAuditor account gives a YES/NO at the property for estimated hail of 0.75 in. or larger and wind of 45 mph or more over the last five years, plus the NWS warnings, storm reports, and NOAA station observations around it. Elsewhere, HailTrace’s free tier is its 1-Star hail maps ($40 per address report), HailCheck starts at $20/month, and Interactive Hail Maps at $999 per year (per each provider’s site, checked 2026-10-07). The NWS, NCEI, and SPC viewers are free but not searchable by address.

How does StormAuditor compare to HailTrace?

HailTrace is a contractor sales platform built around meteorologist-drawn maps, with per-address Weather History Reports at $40 (per hailtrace.com, checked 2026-10-07). StormAuditor is free for the research core and answers the address-level question directly — the estimated hail size and peak wind gust at this specific property for each storm date, and what does the NOAA record say about it — with a published methodology.

How does StormAuditor compare to HailCheck?

Both serve roofers and adjusters with address-level reports in all 50 states. HailCheck gives radar-estimated hail at the property and NOAA wind events with speeds; single reports are $15–$39 and Pro is $49/month (per hailchecker.com, checked 2026-10-07). StormAuditor adds an estimated peak wind gust at the property for every storm date, an Audit Report with the arithmetic behind one date, and a Zone Canvas Tool, with $2.99 single reports.

How does StormAuditor compare to Interactive Hail Maps / HailStrike?

Interactive Hail Maps and HailStrike are separate subscription hail-map platforms for contractors. Interactive Hail Maps plans ($999–$1,999 per year) include unlimited Hail Impact Reports and wind data from NOAA spotter reports, personal weather stations, and NWS warnings; HailStrike sells subscriptions and OneSite single-address reports built on its patented hail analysis (per each provider’s site, checked 2026-10-07). StormAuditor adds an estimated peak gust at the property for every storm date and a published methodology.

How does StormAuditor compare to the free NWS, NCEI, and SPC viewers?

The NWS and NOAA public viewers, NCEI Storm Events, and SPC reports are authoritative government sources but are not built for address-level lookups. StormAuditor ingests all three plus MRMS MESH radar and URMA + HRRR wind analyses, and returns a single at-address value per date so contractors, homeowners, and adjusters do not have to cross-reference five federal tools by hand.

Is StormAuditor really free?

The Free Report Snapshot, at-address dossier, Date of Loss Research, NOAA observations, NWS warnings, SPC reports, and NCEI Storm Events lookups work on a free account with no credit card; Live Radar & Storm Replay and the 7-Day Forecast need no account at all. The PDF Weather Report comes with Pro ($4.99/mo) and Pro+ ($9.99/mo), and one address needs no subscription: a Single Weather Report or a single Audit Report is $2.99.

What is an Audit Report?

An Audit Report is a per-date PDF that shows the evidence behind a StormAuditor estimate: a satellite map with the contributing instruments and storm reports at their recorded locations, the step-by-step arithmetic with the real numbers used, and the hail radar analysis. It turns "the estimate says 52 mph" into a document you can hand to an adjuster or attorney. Audit Reports are included with Pro plans and higher; a single one is $2.99.

Does StormAuditor have a free live radar or forecast?

Yes — both, free with no account. The Live Radar & Storm Replay page animates the national NEXRAD composite with live NWS warning polygons, nearest-station conditions, GOES satellite views, and the SPC severe outlook — and can replay any storm day back to 2012 in 5-minute frames. The 7-Day Forecast page serves the official NWS point forecast for any U.S. location with hourly detail and active alerts.

Does StormAuditor confirm damage?

No. StormAuditor documents storm exposure — what hail and wind passed over the address per the public NOAA record. It does not diagnose roof, siding, or fence damage. An on-site inspection by a qualified professional is still required to determine whether damage occurred.

What data sources does StormAuditor use?

NOAA MRMS MESH (radar-derived hail size), NOAA URMA + HRRR (objective-analysis peak wind gust), NWS severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings, NWS Local Storm Reports, SPC storm reports, NCEI Storm Events, ASOS/AWOS station observations, FEMA disaster declarations, and Esri World Imagery for the property satellite view.

Does StormAuditor cover all 50 U.S. states?

Yes — StormAuditor covers all 50 states: an address in any state can be searched, with the NWS warnings, storm reports, station observations, and official NCEI storm records around it.

Related tools

• Free Report Snapshot — instant YES/NO wind + hail screening check at a U.S. address.
• Address Lookup — free NOAA-backed storm records by address: warnings, storm reports, and station observations.
• Hail Explorer — statewide MRMS MESH hail-swath maps, included with Pro+.
• Date of Loss Research — free NWS warnings, SPC reports, and NCEI Storm Events lookups.
• Hail methodology (SAHE-2) — how radar hail at an address is estimated.
• Wind methodology (SAWE-2.17) — how the peak gust at an address is estimated.

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