NOAA Storm Events · February 2015

Hail in February 2015: 5 NOAA reports across 3 states

NOAA logged 5 hail reports in February 2015, in 5 counties across 3 states. Florida had the most (2). The largest stone was 1 inch (a quarter), near Transylvania in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, on February 1, 2015. The worst day was February 1, 2015, with 2 reports in 1 state.

Where
5 counties in 3 states; Florida had 40% of the reports
Largest stone
1 inch, a quarter, in East Carroll Parish, LA (near Transylvania), on February 1, 2015
Worst day
February 1, 2015: 2 reports in 1 state, 40% of the month
Days with hail
3 of 28 days had at least one report
Hail reports in February 2015, lower 48 states
  • under 1 in
  • 1 to 1.74 in
  • 1.75 to 2.74 in
  • 2.75 in and up
5 of the 5 reports have coordinates in the lower 48 and are drawn. One dot is a half-degree square (roughly 35 miles); a bigger dot means more reports, and the color is the largest stone in that square.

Day by day

February 1, 2015 was the worst day with 2 reports. A day with hail averaged 2.

Hail reports per day in February 2015 February 1: 2 reports 2 1 February 2: 0 reports February 3: 0 reports February 4: 0 reports February 5: 0 reports 5 February 6: 0 reports February 7: 0 reports February 8: 0 reports February 9: 1 reports February 10: 0 reports 10 February 11: 0 reports February 12: 0 reports February 13: 0 reports February 14: 0 reports February 15: 0 reports 15 February 16: 0 reports February 17: 0 reports February 18: 0 reports February 19: 0 reports February 20: 0 reports 20 February 21: 0 reports February 22: 0 reports February 23: 0 reports February 24: 0 reports February 25: 0 reports 25 February 26: 0 reports February 27: 0 reports February 28: 2 reports
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Where it hit hardest

Ranked by NOAA hail reports. A report is one spotter or sensor entry for one county and storm, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell.

Top 3 states by hail reports, February 2015 2 FL 2 LA 1 GA
Top 3 states by hail reports, February 2015
FL2
LA2
GA1
Top 3 states
#StateReportsShareLargest
1Florida240.0%0.88 in
2Louisiana240.0%1 in
3Georgia120.0%0.75 in
Top 5 counties
#CountyReportsLargest
1Coffee County, GA10.75 in
2East Carroll Parish, LA11 in
3Okeechobee County, FL10.88 in
4Palm Beach County, FL10.75 in
5Rapides Parish, LA11 in

County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 5 counties and all 3 states.

How February 2015 compares

Compared withReportsFebruary 2015 was
January 20150+5
February 201466-61 (-92%)
the average February in the other 12 years136-131 (-96%)

February 2015 was the 13th busiest February of the 13 in the record and the 147th busiest of all 150 months.

NOAA hail reports in February, by year 66 2014 5 2015 127 2016 500 2017 39 2018 63 2019 56 2020 46 2021 51 2022 133 2023 337 2024 42 2025 173 2026
NOAA hail reports in February, by year
201466
20155
2016127
2017500
201839
201963
202056
202146
202251
2023133
2024337
202542
2026173

Every February in the record, 2014 to 2026. Months after June 2026 are not in NOAA's file yet.

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Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, hail rows at county level, data through June 2026. Reports are preliminary and unverified: they show that hail was reported in a county, not that a given roof was damaged. Method: how we count. More: State of Hail by year · county hail history · press.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, public domain. Counts and tables on this page are free to reuse with credit to PickARoofer under CC BY 4.0.