Hail History

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Search 8,712 cities and 3,084 counties: 426,349 NOAA hail reports since 1955, updated to November 3, 2026.

Readout · the US

Last hail
Nov 2, 2026
0.88 in, nickel size · preliminary
Hail days, last 5 years
1,164
since Nov 3, 2021 · 44,774 reports
Largest ever
8.00 in
softball · Jul 23, 2010

426,349 reports on 14,377 days since 1955

US hail map

Arizona: 349 hail days 2006–2025Louisiana: 525 hail days 2006–2025Idaho: 209 hail days 2006–2025Minnesota: 871 hail days 2006–2025North Dakota: 761 hail days 2006–2025South Dakota: 1,136 hail days 2006–2025New York: 457 hail days 2006–2025Alaska: 13 hail days 2006–2025Georgia: 778 hail days 2006–2025Indiana: 526 hail days 2006–2025Michigan: 519 hail days 2006–2025Mississippi: 691 hail days 2006–2025Ohio: 634 hail days 2006–2025Texas: 1,900 hail days 2006–2025Nebraska: 1,380 hail days 2006–2025Colorado: 1,094 hail days 2006–2025Maryland: 249 hail days 2006–2025Kansas: 1,497 hail days 2006–2025Illinois: 862 hail days 2006–2025Wisconsin: 653 hail days 2006–2025California: 268 hail days 2006–2025Iowa: 855 hail days 2006–2025Pennsylvania: 531 hail days 2006–2025Montana: 659 hail days 2006–2025Missouri: 1,036 hail days 2006–2025Florida: 760 hail days 2006–2025Kentucky: 561 hail days 2006–2025Maine: 194 hail days 2006–2025Utah: 142 hail days 2006–2025Oklahoma: 1,181 hail days 2006–2025Tennessee: 642 hail days 2006–2025Oregon: 176 hail days 2006–2025West Virginia: 395 hail days 2006–2025Arkansas: 797 hail days 2006–2025Washington: 101 hail days 2006–2025North Carolina: 819 hail days 2006–2025Virginia: 617 hail days 2006–2025Wyoming: 716 hail days 2006–2025Alabama: 616 hail days 2006–2025South Carolina: 722 hail days 2006–2025New Mexico: 753 hail days 2006–2025New Hampshire: 186 hail days 2006–2025Vermont: 122 hail days 2006–2025Nevada: 108 hail days 2006–2025Hawaii: 9 hail days 2006–2025Massachusetts: 204 hail days 2006–2025Rhode Island: 42 hail days 2006–2025New Jersey: 210 hail days 2006–2025Delaware: 61 hail days 2006–2025Connecticut: 119 hail days 2006–2025
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Latest hail storm days

Storm dayReportsLargestStates
Nov 2, 202671.25 inOK, KS
Oct 30, 202641.50 inNV
Oct 29, 202651.00 inKS, AZ
Oct 28, 2026183.00 inMN, IA
Oct 27, 202612.00 inTX
Oct 25, 202621.25 inNM
Oct 24, 202681.00 inNM, AZ, TX
Oct 23, 2026101.75 inTX, FL, NM

All recent storm days

What the record says about the US

The latest hail report in the US is from November 2, 2026, 0.88 in (nickel size). Since November 3, 2021 there have been 1164 separate hail days; the biggest stones in that time were 7.02 in on June 2, 2024.

Over the 20 years 2006–2025, the US logged 218,707 reports on 4,680 hail days, about 10935.4 reports a year.

7% of reports with a size were 2 inches (hen egg) or larger. The largest hail on record here is 8.00 in (softball) on July 23, 2010 near Vivian.

Reports were down 33% in 2016–2025 (87,665) compared with 2006–2015 (131,042). The busiest year was 2008, with 17,767 reports on 243 days. Hail here peaks in May (24% of reports); 61% fall between April and June.

Hail over time

05,00010,00015,00020,000 1955: 360 reports, largest 5.00 in 1956: 401 reports, largest 5.00 in 1957: 479 reports, largest 5.00 in 1958: 706 reports, largest 8.00 in 1959: 531 reports, largest 7.00 in 1960: 581 reports, largest 6.00 in 1960 1961: 722 reports, largest 7.00 in 1962: 886 reports, largest 6.00 in 1963: 652 reports, largest 5.00 in 1964: 679 reports, largest 5.00 in 1965: 801 reports, largest 6.00 in 1966: 732 reports, largest 5.00 in 1967: 764 reports, largest 5.00 in 1968: 1,068 reports, largest 6.00 in 1969: 766 reports, largest 8.00 in 1970: 721 reports, largest 8.00 in 1970 1971: 964 reports, largest 8.00 in 1972: 681 reports, largest 4.00 in 1973: 1,098 reports, largest 5.00 in 1974: 1,656 reports, largest 4.50 in 1975: 1,374 reports, largest 5.00 in 1976: 1,091 reports, largest 5.00 in 1977: 1,083 reports, largest 4.50 in 1978: 1,024 reports, largest 5.00 in 1979: 1,315 reports, largest 4.50 in 1980: 1,985 reports, largest 5.50 in 1980 1981: 1,494 reports, largest 5.00 in 1982: 2,376 reports, largest 4.75 in 1983: 2,334 reports, largest 4.50 in 1984: 2,749 reports, largest 4.50 in 1985: 3,379 reports, largest 4.50 in 1986: 3,511 reports, largest 6.00 in 1987: 2,413 reports, largest 4.50 in 1988: 2,537 reports, largest 4.50 in 1989: 3,777 reports, largest 4.50 in 1990: 3,618 reports, largest 6.00 in 1990 1991: 4,811 reports, largest 6.00 in 1992: 5,687 reports, largest 5.00 in 1993: 4,215 reports, largest 4.50 in 1994: 6,731 reports, largest 5.25 in 1995: 8,366 reports, largest 6.00 in 1996: 10,771 reports, largest 5.50 in 1997: 8,598 reports, largest 5.50 in 1998: 12,559 reports, largest 5.00 in 1999: 10,146 reports, largest 5.00 in 2000: 11,290 reports, largest 4.50 in 2000 2001: 12,223 reports, largest 4.50 in 2002: 12,540 reports, largest 5.00 in 2003: 13,915 reports, largest 7.00 in 2004: 13,164 reports, largest 6.00 in 2005: 13,808 reports, largest 4.75 in 2006: 16,656 reports, largest 5.00 in 2007: 12,711 reports, largest 6.88 in 2008: 17,767 reports, largest 5.00 in 2009: 13,313 reports, largest 4.50 in 2010: 10,916 reports, largest 8.00 in 2010 2011: 17,331 reports, largest 6.00 in 2012: 13,381 reports, largest 5.00 in 2013: 9,618 reports, largest 5.90 in 2014: 9,958 reports, largest 5.00 in 2015: 9,391 reports, largest 6.00 in 2016: 9,401 reports, largest 5.25 in 2017: 10,396 reports, largest 5.00 in 2018: 7,858 reports, largest 5.50 in 2019: 8,992 reports, largest 5.50 in 2020: 7,677 reports, largest 5.33 in 2020 2021: 6,267 reports, largest 6.42 in 2022: 7,178 reports, largest 6.00 in 2023: 11,758 reports, largest 5.90 in 2024: 8,935 reports, largest 7.02 in 2025: 9,203 reports, largest 6.00 in 2026: 7,510 reports, largest 6.60 in
Reports per year, 1955–2026. Bar colour shows the largest hail that year. Reporting grew sharply after the mid-1990s, so early decades undercount.
050,000100,000150,000 January: 3,573 reports (1%) Jan February: 6,943 reports (2%) Feb March: 31,989 reports (8%) Mar April: 68,182 reports (16%) Apr May: 101,144 reports (24%) May June: 89,542 reports (21%) Jun July: 55,066 reports (13%) Jul August: 37,208 reports (9%) Aug September: 17,542 reports (4%) Sep October: 8,838 reports (2%) Oct November: 4,128 reports (1%) Nov December: 2,194 reports (1%) Dec
All 426,349 reports by calendar month.
Reports per month, 2017–2026. Darker cells had more reports.
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026 121738572148103612286967234222087 7510
2025 4421084181928351384768494544991282 9203
2024 76337847122932441264844636256935158 8935
2023 101133808202217692841213992070021311101 11758
2022 275127411692283150889837828216911920 7178
2021 394662110401383100676473532611767123 6267
2020 5856509154714891387139297413868536 7677
2019 316348276323701924114112876961534339 8992
2018 44395296952347182211408631801073161 7858
2017 174500148317232321181810647692941785121 10396

Hail days since Nov 3, 2021

DateReportsLargestStorm page
Nov 2, 2026 7 1.25 in View
Oct 30, 2026 4 1.50 in View
Oct 29, 2026 5 1.00 in View
Oct 28, 2026 18 3.00 in View
Oct 27, 2026 1 2.00 in View
Oct 25, 2026 2 1.25 in View
Oct 24, 2026 8 1.00 in View
Oct 23, 2026 10 1.75 in View
Oct 22, 2026 27 3.00 in View
Oct 21, 2026 39 2.00 in View
Oct 20, 2026 10 2.00 in View
Oct 19, 2026 2 1.25 in View
Oct 14, 2026 1 1.75 in View
Oct 13, 2026 27 2.75 in View
Oct 12, 2026 2 0.75 in View
Oct 8, 2026 40 1.75 in View
Oct 7, 2026 4 0.70 in View
Oct 5, 2026 8 0.70 in View
Sep 28, 2026 1 0.25 in View
Sep 27, 2026 3 1.00 in View
Sep 26, 2026 1 1.00 in View
Sep 25, 2026 3 1.00 in View
Sep 24, 2026 2 0.75 in View
Sep 23, 2026 6 2.75 in View
Sep 22, 2026 3 1.00 in View
Sep 21, 2026 13 1.50 in View
Sep 20, 2026 19 4.00 in View
Sep 19, 2026 24 2.00 in View
Sep 18, 2026 19 2.00 in View
Sep 17, 2026 28 2.50 in View
Sep 16, 2026 4 1.25 in View
Sep 15, 2026 19 2.00 in View
Sep 13, 2026 8 1.00 in View
Sep 12, 2026 28 2.00 in View
Sep 11, 2026 29 2.50 in View
Sep 10, 2026 5 2.25 in View
Sep 9, 2026 3 1.75 in View
Sep 8, 2026 7 1.75 in View
Sep 7, 2026 6 2.75 in View
Sep 6, 2026 49 3.25 in View

The 40 most recent of 1,164 hail days.

Largest hail on record

Largest hail reports in the US
Date Size Location County Damage Time · source
Jul 23, 2010 8.00 insoftball Vivian Lyman —5 injured 17:05 local · NCEI
Apr 26, 1971 8.00 insoftball — Garfield — 16:00 local · NCEI
Sep 3, 1970 8.00 insoftball — Montgomery — 18:00 local · NCEI
Jun 19, 1970 8.00 insoftball — Izard — 17:30 local · NCEI
Jul 21, 1969 8.00 insoftball — Eddy — 23:00 local · NCEI

Sizes filed before 1996 are often rough estimates (round numbers like 7.00 or 8.00 in) without an exact spot; they are shown as NOAA filed them.

Size of every report

Most recent reports

Most recent hail reports in the US
Date Size Location County Time · source
Nov 2, 2026 0.88 innickel 4 NE Webster State Park Rooks 23:07 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 1.00 inquarter 4 W Norman Cleveland 19:32 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 1.25 inhalf dollar 4 W Norman Cleveland 19:30 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 1.00 inquarter 4 W Valley Brook Oklahoma 19:13 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 1.00 inquarter 5 NW Moore Cleveland 19:11 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 0.88 innickel 4 S Milo Carter 03:20 UTC · NWS prelim.
Nov 2, 2026 1.00 inquarter 3 S Kingfisher Kingfisher 00:45 UTC · NWS prelim.
Oct 30, 2026 1.25 inhalf dollar 3 SE Downtown Las Vegas Clark 20:20 UTC · NWS prelim.
Oct 30, 2026 1.00 inquarter 2 SE Downtown Las Vegas Clark 20:15 UTC · NWS prelim.
Oct 30, 2026 1.50 inping pong ball 2 S Downtown Las Vegas Clark 20:10 UTC · NWS prelim.
Oct 30, 2026 0.88 innickel 1 NW The Strip Clark 19:30 UTC · NWS prelim.
Oct 29, 2026 0.50 inmarble 5 N Tucson Pima 09:28 UTC · NWS prelim.

Data stories

Every story has an embeddable chart, a CSV and a citation. After a storm? Try the hail claim calculator.

Hail by state

StateReportsLargestLatest report
Alabama8,1055.38 inSep 21, 2026
Alaska281.50 inJul 7, 2025
Arizona1,4154.50 inOct 29, 2026
Arkansas12,5308.00 inAug 26, 2026
California9383.00 inOct 21, 2026
Colorado15,5805.25 inSep 22, 2026
Connecticut6963.00 inAug 27, 2026
Delaware1592.50 inMay 16, 2025
District of Columbia382.75 inApr 15, 2024
Florida5,6944.50 inOct 23, 2026
Georgia8,8214.50 inSep 21, 2026
Hawaii224.25 inMar 23, 2023
Idaho1,1403.00 inSep 17, 2026
Illinois12,4186.60 inSep 15, 2026
Indiana7,6914.50 inSep 20, 2026
Iowa16,0328.00 inOct 28, 2026
Kansas40,3458.00 inNov 2, 2026
Kentucky6,6325.00 inSep 21, 2026
Louisiana6,4154.50 inSep 22, 2026
Maine1,2364.00 inOct 8, 2026
Maryland1,5924.50 inAug 27, 2026
Massachusetts1,5414.00 inAug 13, 2026
Michigan6,0854.50 inOct 12, 2026
Minnesota15,9256.00 inOct 28, 2026
Mississippi8,4635.00 inSep 3, 2026
Missouri20,4786.00 inSep 17, 2026
Montana8,4536.00 inSep 13, 2026
Nebraska25,2037.00 inSep 27, 2026
Nevada3383.00 inOct 30, 2026
New Hampshire9753.00 inJul 22, 2026
New Jersey1,1703.00 inSep 1, 2026
New Mexico5,3354.50 inOct 25, 2026
New York5,0984.00 inSep 2, 2026
North Carolina9,9474.50 inSep 5, 2026
North Dakota10,1178.00 inSep 28, 2026
Ohio9,1905.00 inSep 3, 2026
Oklahoma31,5988.00 inNov 2, 2026
Oregon8574.00 inAug 15, 2026
Pennsylvania5,5424.50 inSep 3, 2026
Rhode Island1402.75 inJul 3, 2025
South Carolina6,7144.50 inSep 6, 2026
South Dakota17,2238.00 inOct 8, 2026
Tennessee7,1984.50 inSep 21, 2026
Texas55,6197.02 inOct 27, 2026
Utah6652.00 inOct 21, 2026
Vermont8413.30 inAug 13, 2026
Virginia6,2395.00 inSep 21, 2026
Washington3953.00 inAug 17, 2024
West Virginia3,1634.50 inSep 21, 2026
Wisconsin9,3585.50 inSep 4, 2026
Wyoming4,9525.00 inSep 18, 2026

Questions about hail in the US

How often does it hail in the United States?

426,349 hail reports have been logged in the US since 1955. Over the 20 years 2006–2025 that averages 10935.4 reports a year.

When is hail season in the US?

Most reports come in May, June, April. May alone accounts for 24% of all reports.

What is the largest hail recorded in the US?

8.00 in (softball size) on July 23, 2010 near Vivian. 7% of reports here were 2 inches or larger.

When did it last hail in the US?

The most recent report in this data is from November 2, 2026 (0.88 in). Final NOAA data runs to July 31, 2026; preliminary NWS reports run to November 3, 2026.

How many hail storms has the US had in the last five years?

1,164 separate days with hail reports since November 3, 2021, adding up to 44,774 reports. The most recent was November 2, 2026.

Where does this hail data come from?

Hail reports come from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, which the National Weather Service compiles from spotter, public, law enforcement and media reports. Recent days use preliminary NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet until NOAA publishes final data. Only reported hail is counted, so areas with fewer people tend to have fewer reports.