The round dings in metal are obvious signs of hail damage.
Hail damage roof shingles photos.
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Identifying hail damage on your belongings such as patio furniture or your car is relatively straightforward.
Hail damage to roofs versus normal or typical asphalt shingle wear.
It is important to know the different effects of the damage to properly identify whether or not you have roof damage from hail.
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As an example hail damage to asphalt and composition shingles can look very different than hail damage to wood shingles.
It takes a trained eye to spot hail damage to roof shingles.
According to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa there was a total of 4 611 hail storms in the united states during the year 2018 with 2019 ending on a higher number as of year end more than 5 396 hail events were recorded although most people think that property and roof damage only occur in rare instances with larger than average hailstones even the smallest.
However determining whether your roof has sustained damage from a hailstorm may be a little more difficult.
As you can see on the first image below the surface granules have been knocked off of the shingle very clearly.
Shingles can react differently when struck by hail.
The rest of the pictures make it much harder to notice that the shingle has sustained hail damage.