Hail data stories

Rankings, records and trends computed from January 17, 1955–November 3, 2026 NOAA and National Weather Service hail reports. Every story has a chart you can embed, a sortable table, a CSV and a ready-made citation.

• The 25 US cities hit by hail most often since 2000Ranked by separate days with a hail report in or near each city, 2000 to today, from NOAA and National Weather Service records.Chart · table · CSV · embed
• Largest hailstones ever recorded in every stateThe biggest hail on record in each state since 1955, and the biggest since 1996, when NOAA size reports became more reliable.Chart · table · CSV · embed
• Hail season calendar: when each state gets hitWhich months bring hail in each state, the peak month and the shortest stretch of months holding three quarters of reports, 1996 to last year.Chart · table · CSV · embed
• Is hail getting worse? 70 years of US hail reports by regionHail reports rose twentyfold since the 1960s, but most of that is better reporting. Hail days and big-hail reports by region tell a more careful story.Chart · table · CSV · embed
• 2026 hail year in reviewHow this year's hail compares with the previous ten years: reports, hail days, big hail, the worst states and the biggest days.Chart · table · CSV · embed