Hail and wind facts from 70 years of storm reports
Every fact here is computed from the Storm Prediction Center's hail and thunderstorm wind reports since 1955. Report counts follow population and spotter coverage.
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The database holds 414,481 hail reports and 562,054 damaging wind reports. Hail and wind hub
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Texas has the most hail reports, with 53,611, and also the most wind reports, with 35,368. Hail by state
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Tarrant County, TX, has the most reports of hail 2 inches or larger, with 174. Tarrant County
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Maricopa County, AZ, has the most damaging wind reports of any county, with 1,509. Maricopa County
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June 29, 2012 produced 1,053 damaging wind reports, the most in one day. A replay of that day
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The strongest measured thunderstorm gust is 151 mph, on May 24, 2011. Measured gusts
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2008 has the most hail reports, with 17,768, and 2025 the most wind reports, with 22,332. Reports by year
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April 7, 2006 has the most hail reports in one day, with 681. Hail and wind hub
Reports by year
Hail reports by year
| Texas | 53,611 | 35,368 |
| Kansas | 39,293 | 25,524 |
| Oklahoma | 30,334 | 21,400 |
| Nebraska | 24,728 | 13,487 |
| Missouri | 19,920 | 19,973 |
| South Dakota | 16,865 | 12,484 |
| Iowa | 15,523 | 17,729 |
| Minnesota | 15,246 | 13,459 |
| Colorado | 15,172 | 4,490 |
| Arkansas | 12,099 | 15,978 |
| Illinois | 11,881 | 21,526 |
| North Carolina | 9,916 | 20,241 |
| North Dakota | 9,903 | 6,708 |
| Wisconsin | 8,939 | 12,826 |
| Ohio | 8,931 | 21,733 |
| Georgia | 8,729 | 23,976 |
| Montana | 8,283 | 6,334 |
| Mississippi | 8,206 | 17,662 |
| Alabama | 7,910 | 19,990 |
| Indiana | 7,477 | 16,424 |
| Tennessee | 7,059 | 19,939 |
| Kentucky | 6,653 | 19,636 |
| South Carolina | 6,596 | 16,308 |
| Louisiana | 6,318 | 12,239 |
| Virginia | 6,064 | 20,291 |
| Michigan | 5,836 | 12,869 |
| Florida | 5,668 | 14,727 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,448 | 23,096 |
| New Mexico | 5,220 | 2,290 |
| New York | 5,001 | 19,368 |
| Wyoming | 4,877 | 2,674 |
| West Virginia | 3,076 | 8,111 |
| Maryland | 1,574 | 8,275 |
| Massachusetts | 1,517 | 4,521 |
| Arizona | 1,264 | 4,075 |
| Maine | 1,215 | 2,991 |
| New Jersey | 1,142 | 5,935 |
| Idaho | 1,067 | 2,521 |
| New Hampshire | 938 | 2,304 |
| California | 891 | 1,216 |
| Oregon | 843 | 567 |
| Vermont | 801 | 2,272 |
| Connecticut | 677 | 2,441 |
| Utah | 614 | 2,345 |
| Washington | 384 | 612 |
| Nevada | 319 | 1,045 |
| Delaware | 160 | 1,066 |
| Rhode Island | 137 | 344 |
| District of Columbia | 38 | 342 |
| Alaska | 28 | 14 |
| Hawaii | 20 | 36 |