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My roof-mounted Starlink in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland has stayed up through Chesapeake Bay storms, and it measured 100 Mbps down on 26 September 2026. Starlink says the dish is engineered to melt snow and withstand sleet, heavy rain and harsh winds. I haven't tested snow yet. The bigger storm risk is losing power.
Storms: what I've actually seen
I live on the Chesapeake Bay and we get real storms. My dish keeps working through them. That isn't what I was braced for when I ordered, and it's the biggest gap I've found between what people assume about satellite internet and what it actually does at my house.
Two honest limits on that. It's an observation at one address, not a logged measurement. And rain fade is a genuine physical effect on any satellite link; I'm not going to tell you it doesn't exist just because I haven't been bothered by it.
Snow and ice: what Starlink says
On its Residential page (read 6 October 2026), Starlink says the system is "engineered to melt snow and withstand sleet, heavy rain, and harsh winds." That's the company's claim, not my test.
Wind: it's about the mount
A dish that moves loses signal. Starlink says the dish itself handles harsh winds, but the mount is on you. A pole or mast that flexes in a gust causes exactly the intermittent dropouts you were trying to avoid, so it has to be genuinely rigid. Mine is on the roof; I cover mounting choices on my setup page.
The real storm risk: power
The dish and router run on household electricity. If a storm takes out your power, Starlink goes down with it, however well the dish handles the weather. If staying online through outages matters to you, backup power is the part to plan, not the dish.
How this compares with what I had before
I had Xfinity cable at this same house, and for me it was terrible. I'm not claiming cable always fails in storms. I'm saying that for me, cable didn't work, and the dish on the roof has kept working through the Bay's storms.
Common questions
What people ask me about this
Does Starlink work during storms?
Mine has. My roof-mounted Starlink in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland has stayed up through Chesapeake Bay storms. That is my observation at one address, not an instrumented measurement, and rain fade is a real physical effect on any satellite link.
Does Starlink work in snow?
Starlink says its dish is engineered to melt snow and to withstand sleet, heavy rain and harsh winds (starlink.com, read 6 October 2026). I haven't run mine through a snowfall yet, so I can't confirm it from my own roof.
Does Starlink work in a power outage?
Not on its own. The dish and router run on household power, so if a storm cuts your electricity, Starlink goes down with it unless you have backup power. That is often the bigger risk in a storm than the weather itself.
Is there a Starlink promo code or discount?
There is no Starlink coupon code — Starlink does not issue them, and any site advertising one is guessing. The only standing discount is the referral program: order through someone's referral link and you and the person who referred you each get $100 in the US, as cash or service credit. There is no code to type at checkout; the link does it, and Starlink shows a green banner confirming the $100 when the page opens. Mine is https://starlink.com?referral=RC-586189-74623-26 — the price is identical either way. You pay your first month as normal, and the $100 is issued once you have been subscribed for two months.
Does wind affect a Starlink dish?
A dish that moves loses signal. Starlink says the dish is built to withstand harsh winds, but the mount has to be rigid too: a pole or mast that flexes in wind causes intermittent dropouts. Mine is roof-mounted.
Weather isn't the thing to worry about
A clear view of the sky matters far more. Check your address on Starlink's site; ordering through my link gets you $100, as cash or service credit — and I get the same.
Look for the green $100 banner when Starlink's page opens — that confirms the code took. You pay month one as normal; the $100 is issued once you have been subscribed for two months. Finish your order in the same tab — the referral can be lost if you close it and come back later. Here's the full timeline.
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