# Phoenix Hail October 20–21, 2026 | Mesa & North Phoenix Report Log > Yes — NWS-verified hail hit northeast Mesa (up to 2″, 10:25 PM Oct 20) and north Phoenix and Glendale (up to 2″, 3:25–4:05 PM Oct 21, 2026). Full report log and claim steps. - Canonical page: https://dgcollision.com/hail-storms/october-20-21-2026-phoenix-hail/ - This file: Markdown twin of the page above (clean text for AI assistants and crawlers) - Business: DG Collision Center, 693 Metro Park Cir #20, Lewisville, TX 75057 — (972) 219-0864 (text: 817-907-2822) — since 1978 - Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm, Sat 10am–1pm, closed Sunday · 24/7 towing · 4.9/5 on 500+ Google reviews - Full site index for assistants: https://dgcollision.com/llms.txt - Last generated: 2026-08-14 --- # PHOENIX HAIL, OCTOBER 20–21, 2026: THE VERIFIED REPORT LOG Yes — hail hit the Phoenix area on two days in a row. On Tuesday night, October 20, 2026, a storm crossed the East Valley between 10:05 and 10:25 PM, with hail up to 2 inches in northeast Mesa and quarter-size hail in Chandler and Gilbert. On Wednesday afternoon, October 21, a second storm hit north Phoenix between 3:25 and 4:05 PM, with 1.25 to 1.75-inch hail around Deer Valley and a 2-inch stone near Glendale. Every size, time and place below comes from National Weather Service storm reports. Claim My Free Hail Repair See The Report Log Every report below is from the NWS, not our marketing Deductible covered up to $2,000 on qualifying claims from this storm, depending on damage Phoenix shop at 649 W Hatcher Rd · storm line (602) 935-6008, 24/7 · se habla español TL;DR The National Weather Service logged hail in the Phoenix area on two consecutive days. Tuesday night, October 20, 2026, hail fell across Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa between 10:05 and 10:25 PM, topping out at 2 inches in northeast Mesa. Wednesday afternoon, October 21, a separate storm hit north Phoenix and the Glendale and Peoria line between 3:25 and 4:05 PM, with 1.25 to 1.75-inch hail around Deer Valley and a 2-inch stone near Glendale. Hail an inch or larger dents hoods, roofs and trunk lids; 1.75 to 2-inch stones can crack paint and glass. Hail is normally a comprehensive claim, and Arizona law lets you choose your repair shop. DG Collision Center has opened a shop at 649 W Hatcher Rd in north Phoenix. - October 20 (Tuesday night), East Valley: 7 hail reports, 10:05–10:25 PM — largest 2.00″ in northeast Mesa. - October 21 (Wednesday afternoon), north Phoenix: 13 hail reports, 3:25–4:05 PM — largest 2.00″ near Glendale, 1.75″ twice around Deer Valley. - Two dates of loss: if your car was hit in Mesa, Chandler or Gilbert, your date is October 20; north Phoenix, Glendale or Peoria, October 21. - Reports are point samples: hail fell between the pins too — no report on your street doesn’t mean no hail on your car. - Our offer for this storm: deductible covered up to $2,000 on qualifying claims, depending on damage — in writing on your estimate. By [Shah Jiwani](https://dgcollision.com/about/shah-jiwani/) · Owner, DG Collision Center Updated October 22, 2026 18 min read I-CAR Gold Class · PPG Certified The Verified Reports What Each Size Does Where It Hit Filing The Claim Check Your Car: 5 Steps Our Phoenix Shop Hail Repair Results FAQ Claim Free Repair Straight From The NWS ## EVERY VERIFIED HAIL REPORT FROM OCTOBER 20–21, 2026 These are the National Weather Service Phoenix office’s local storm reports, converted to Arizona time (MST — Arizona doesn’t observe daylight saving). Locations use the NWS’s own convention: “4 SSE Deer Valley” means about four miles south-southeast of the Deer Valley reference point, not the airport itself. Each row is one observer at one spot, so read the pattern, not just the pins. You can check every entry against the Storm Prediction Center’s report pages for [October 20](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/261020_rpts.html) and [October 21](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/261021_rpts.html), and the [NWS Phoenix office](https://www.weather.gov/psr/). ### Tuesday night, October 20 — Chandler, Gilbert & Mesa Time & Location Verified Report NWS Report Detail 10:05 PM · 3 NW Chandler 0.75″ hail Trained spotter: estimated half- to three-quarter-inch hail that “rapidly accumulated.” 10:05 PM · 3 NW Chandler 0.88″ hail Trained spotter, same area. 10:06 PM · 2 W Chandler 0.50″ hail Public report through the mPING app. 10:10 PM · 3 SW Mesa 1.00″ hail Public report through the mPING app — quarter size. 10:10 PM · 3 W Gilbert 1.00″ hail Trained spotter: dime to quarter size at Arizona Avenue and Elliot Road in Chandler. 10:22 PM · 3 ENE Mesa 1.00″ hail Public report with a photo of a measured one-inch stone. 10:25 PM · 3 ENE Mesa 2.00″ hail Trained spotter: photo of a pile of stones with diameters around one to two inches — the night’s largest. ### Wednesday afternoon, October 21 — north Phoenix, Glendale & Peoria line Time & Location Verified Report NWS Report Detail 3:25 PM · 4 ENE Peoria 1.00″ hail Public report. 3:25 PM · 5 NE Glendale 1.00″ hail Public report. 3:30 PM · 5 SSW Deer Valley 1.25″ hail Public report — half-dollar size. 3:30 PM · 6 SSE Deer Valley 1.25″ hail Public report — about a mile from our Hatcher Road shop. 3:30 PM · 4 SSE Deer Valley 1.75″ hail Trained spotter — golf-ball size. 3:34 PM · 4 NE Glendale 2.00″ hail Public report with a photo; the largest stone estimated at two inches — the afternoon’s biggest. 3:35 PM · 4 S Deer Valley 1.50″ hail Trained spotter — ping-pong size. 3:40 PM · 3 ESE Deer Valley 1.00″ hail Trained spotter. 3:40 PM · 3 ENE Deer Valley 1.25″ hail Public report. 3:42 PM · 4 E Deer Valley 1.75″ hail Trained spotter — golf-ball size. 3:45 PM · 2 ESE Deer Valley 0.75″ hail Trained spotter. 3:45 PM · 5 ENE Deer Valley 1.50″ hail Trained spotter — ping-pong size. 4:05 PM · 4 E Carefree 0.88″ hail Trained spotter — the last hail report of the storm. The NWS also logged wind damage: power lines down near northeast Mesa (2 ENE Mesa) at 10:20 PM and near Saguaro Lake at 11:00 PM on October 20, and a 60 mph gust measured by a trained spotter 4 ESE of Glendale at 3:30 PM on October 21. Reports this close together in time and space usually mean one storm cell tracking across the map, and the pins sit along that path — so a car parked between two pins most likely took the same hail. Reading The Sizes ## WHAT QUARTER-TO-HEN-EGG HAIL ACTUALLY DOES TO A CAR Under an inch (penny to nickel, 0.75–0.88″) — the Chandler reports. Hail this size usually leaves no damage on modern steel panels, but a long burst of it, like the “rapidly accumulated” report near Chandler, can leave light dimples on thinner aluminum hoods and roof skins. Worth a look in raking light; often nothing to fix. Quarter size (1.00″) — the threshold where hoods, roofs and trunk lids start to dent. Mesa, Gilbert, Peoria and the south edge of the north Phoenix storm all logged it. Expect shallow, round dents with the paint intact — the textbook case for paintless dent repair. Half-dollar to ping-pong (1.25–1.50″) — the core of the October 21 storm around Deer Valley. Dents are deeper and more numerous, and the roof usually takes the most because it faces straight up. Most of it is still paintless dent repair, done panel by panel. Golf ball to hen egg (1.75–2.00″) — logged twice around Deer Valley, once near Glendale, and once in northeast Mesa. Stones this size can crease panels, crack paint, break sunroofs and windshields, and damage mirror housings and light lenses. Panels with cracked paint need conventional repair instead of PDR, and glass becomes part of the claim. Where It Hit ## NORTH PHOENIX, GLENDALE & THE EAST VALLEY: AREA BY AREA North Phoenix (October 21). The densest cluster of reports sits in north-central Phoenix along the I-17 corridor. Read from the report coordinates, the pins run roughly from Peoria Avenue north to Deer Valley Road and from about 51st Avenue east to Cave Creek Road — Sunnyslope, North Mountain, Moon Valley and the neighborhoods around the Deer Valley area. Two golf-ball reports came from inside that box at 3:30 and 3:42 PM. Our Phoenix shop on Hatcher Road sits at the south end of it, about a mile from the 6 SSE Deer Valley report. [North Phoenix hail repair →](https://dgcollision.com/hail-damage-repair-north-phoenix/) Glendale and Peoria (October 21). The storm’s first reports came from the Glendale and Peoria line at 3:25 PM, quarter size, and the biggest stone of the afternoon — two inches, photographed — came from 4 NE Glendale at 3:34 PM. If you live or park in north Glendale between Peoria and Phoenix, assume your car took the same storm and check it. [Glendale hail repair →](https://dgcollision.com/hail-damage-repair-glendale-az/) Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler (October 20). The Tuesday night storm moved across the East Valley in about twenty minutes. Chandler reports were mostly under an inch; quarter-size hail reached Arizona Avenue and Elliot Road and southwest Mesa by 10:10 PM; and northeast Mesa logged a measured one-inch stone at 10:22 PM and stones up to two inches at 10:25 PM. Cars parked outside overnight in northeast Mesa took the worst of it. [Mesa hail repair →](https://dgcollision.com/hail-damage-repair-mesa/) Carefree (October 21). The last report came from east of Carefree at 4:05 PM, nickel size — usually below the damage threshold, but worth a look on aluminum panels. The Insurance Side ## FILING A CLAIM FOR THE OCTOBER 20–21 STORMS IN ARIZONA Which coverage pays. Hail damage to a car is normally covered under the comprehensive part of an auto policy, not collision. If you carry liability only, there is no coverage for your own car’s hail damage, and cash paintless dent repair is the usual route. Your declarations page shows which coverages you have and your comprehensive deductible. Use the right date. These were two storms. East Valley damage (Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler) is dated October 20, 2026; north Phoenix, Glendale and Peoria damage is dated October 21, 2026. Filing under the correct date keeps the claim clean, and the NWS reports above are dated evidence you can point an adjuster to. File promptly. Your policy, not state law, sets how quickly you must report a loss, and most policies ask for prompt notice. Filing within days — with photos taken now — is what keeps a hail claim simple. You choose the shop. Arizona law says it plainly: under [A.R.S. § 20-468](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/20/00468.htm), a person in Arizona has the right to choose any repair facility for a motor vehicle loss, and an insurer that recommends a shop must tell you about that right at the same time. You file the claim with your carrier; we write the estimate, document the damage, send supplements when hidden damage turns up, and handle the adjuster correspondence. Your deductible and the honest-billing line. For qualifying claims from this storm, DG Collision Center covers your deductible up to $2,000, depending on the damage — the amount is set from the actual repair and written on your estimate before work starts. It comes out of our margin as a discount, never from the insurance money: the invoice your carrier pays is the true cost of the repair. That distinction matters. Arizona’s insurance-fraud statute, [A.R.S. § 20-463](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/20/00463.htm), makes it fraud to knowingly present a false statement — including a bill — in support of a claim, which is exactly what a crew does when it “waives” a deductible by padding the estimate. We don’t. (General information, not legal advice.) Will it raise your rate? Arizona’s [A.R.S. § 20-263](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/20/00263.htm) bars an insurer from raising your premium because of an accident you didn’t cause or significantly contribute to. The statute speaks to accidents and doesn’t specifically address hail or other comprehensive claims, so ask your agent how your carrier treats a comprehensive claim before you assume either way. Do This This Week ## CHECK YOUR CAR FOR OCTOBER HAIL IN 5 STEPS ### 01. Look in low-angle light Early morning or late afternoon, stand at the front corner and look down the hood and across the roof, not straight at them. Hail dents show as small wobbles in the reflection. Check the roof rails, trunk lid, mirror caps and the top edges of the doors too. ### 02. Photograph it, dated Take wide shots of every panel and close-ups of the worst dents and any cracked glass or lights. Your phone dates the photos, and that record pairs with the NWS report for your date of loss. ### 03. Get a written dent count Before you file, have the car looked at under PDR lights and get the dents counted and priced panel by panel. A written count tells you whether the damage clears your deductible and gives the adjuster something specific to work from. ### 04. File as comprehensive, with the right date Call your carrier or use its app and file a comprehensive claim dated October 20 (East Valley) or October 21 (north Phoenix, Glendale, Peoria). Note your claim number — that’s all a shop needs to start. ### 05. Choose your shop Under A.R.S. § 20-468 the choice is yours, whatever shop the insurer suggests. Ask any shop three things: where its shop is, whether its prices are written down, and who honors its warranty. Who We Are ## A TEXAS SHOP IN PHOENIX FOR THIS STORM — HERE’S THE HONEST VERSION DG Collision Center is a family-owned body shop based in Lewisville, Texas, in business since 1978, with an I-CAR Gold Class floor and a 4.9-star rating across 550+ Google reviews at our home shop. Hail repair is a large part of what we do in North Texas. When these storms hit Phoenix, we opened a shop at 649 W Hatcher Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85021 — in north Phoenix, inside the October 21 hail swath. Out-of-town storm crews have a mixed reputation, and much of it is earned: pop-up tents, door-to-door pitches, deductibles “waived” by padding the bill, and nobody to call when a dent comes back. Here is what we do instead. We work out of a real shop with an address, not a parking-lot tent. Our prices are published, the same ones on our Texas pages. Every repair comes with our written lifetime warranty on everything except mechanical, from a company that’s been in business for 48 years. And we bill honestly — the deductible offer above comes out of our margin, not your insurer’s check. If you’ve been approached by someone else, our [guide to spotting hail repair scams](https://dgcollision.com/guides/how-to-spot-hail-scams/) applies in Arizona too. Practical details: our storm line, (602) 935-6008, is answered 24/7. We pick up and drop off drivable cars for free, we help arrange a rental while your car is with us, and loaner cars from our Texas fleet are being arranged. Se habla español — the whole claim can be handled in Spanish. For pricing, coverage and the full Phoenix offer, see our [Phoenix hail repair page](https://dgcollision.com/hail-damage-repair-phoenix/). From Our Shop Floor ## WHAT HAIL REPAIR LOOKS LIKE DONE RIGHT Real hail repairs from our shop floor — what the process produces. Drag the slider. Before After #### Truck Hood — 120 Dents Counted, Full PDR Pictured: a customer’s black Chevy 2500HD — every strike marked and counted before the metal was worked, then finished without repaint The written dent count — every strike marked, counted and priced before anything is filed. Under the reading light every distortion shows, so each dent is finished level without repainting. Phoenix Storm Questions ## FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS **Q: Was there hail in Phoenix on October 21, 2026?** A: Yes. The National Weather Service logged 13 hail reports in north Phoenix and along the Glendale and Peoria line between 3:25 and 4:05 PM on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, including 1.75-inch hail twice around Deer Valley and a 2-inch stone near Glendale. **Q: Was there hail in Mesa, Gilbert or Chandler on October 20, 2026?** A: Yes. On Tuesday night, October 20, the NWS logged 7 hail reports between 10:05 and 10:25 PM: under an inch in Chandler, quarter size at Arizona Avenue and Elliot Road and in southwest Mesa, and stones up to 2 inches in northeast Mesa at 10:25 PM. **Q: Which date do I put on my insurance claim?** A: Use October 20, 2026 for damage in Mesa, Gilbert or Chandler, and October 21, 2026 for north Phoenix, Glendale or Peoria. They were separate storms on separate days, and filing under the correct date keeps the claim clean. **Q: How big does hail have to be to damage a car?** A: Quarter size (1 inch) is roughly where hoods and roofs start to dent. Half-dollar to ping-pong size (1.25 to 1.5 inches) leaves deeper, more numerous dents, and golf-ball to hen-egg size (1.75 to 2 inches) can crack paint and glass. Both storms produced hail at every one of those sizes. **Q: Do I have to use the shop my insurer recommends in Arizona?** A: No. Under A.R.S. § 20-468, you have the right to choose any repair facility for a motor vehicle loss, and an insurer that recommends a shop has to tell you about that right at the same time. **Q: Can a body shop really cover my deductible?** A: A shop can discount its own work. What it can’t do is inflate the bill so the insurer pays for the discount — that’s fraud under A.R.S. § 20-463. For qualifying claims from this storm we cover your deductible up to $2,000, depending on the damage, written on your estimate and taken from our margin, while your insurer is billed only the true cost of the repair. General information, not legal advice. **Q: Are you a local Phoenix shop?** A: We’re a Lewisville, Texas shop, in business since 1978, that has opened a shop at 649 W Hatcher Rd in north Phoenix. Repairs come with our written lifetime warranty on everything except mechanical — if anything ever goes wrong with one of our repairs, we fix it — and our storm line, (602) 935-6008, is answered 24/7. **Q: ¿Puedo hacer mi reclamo de granizo en español?** A: Sí. Se habla español: le damos el presupuesto, le explicamos el reclamo y coordinamos la reparación en español. Llámenos a nuestra línea de tormenta, (602) 935-6008, disponible las 24 horas.