NOAA Storm Events · January 2020
Hail in January 2020: 58 NOAA reports across 10 states
NOAA logged 58 hail reports in January 2020, in 35 counties across 10 states. Texas had the most (21). The largest stone was 1.75 inches (a golf ball), near Decatur in Benton County, Arkansas, on January 10, 2020. The worst day was January 10, 2020, with 44 reports in 4 states.
- Where
- 35 counties in 10 states; Texas had 36% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 1.75 inches, a golf ball, in Benton County, AR (near Decatur), on January 10, 2020
- Worst day
- January 10, 2020: 44 reports in 4 states, 76% of the month
- Days with hail
- 5 of 31 days had at least one report
- under 1 in
- 1 to 1.74 in
- 1.75 to 2.74 in
- 2.75 in and up
Day by day
January 10, 2020 was the worst day with 44 reports. A day with hail averaged 12.
| January 1 | 0 |
|---|---|
| January 2 | 0 |
| January 3 | 0 |
| January 4 | 0 |
| January 5 | 0 |
| January 6 | 0 |
| January 7 | 0 |
| January 8 | 0 |
| January 9 | 0 |
| January 10 | 44 |
| January 11 | 2 |
| January 12 | 0 |
| January 13 | 3 |
| January 14 | 0 |
| January 15 | 1 |
| January 16 | 8 |
| January 17 | 0 |
| January 18 | 0 |
| January 19 | 0 |
| January 20 | 0 |
| January 21 | 0 |
| January 22 | 0 |
| January 23 | 0 |
| January 24 | 0 |
| January 25 | 0 |
| January 26 | 0 |
| January 27 | 0 |
| January 28 | 0 |
| January 29 | 0 |
| January 30 | 0 |
| January 31 | 0 |
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.
| TX | 21 |
|---|---|
| OK | 11 |
| CA | 8 |
| MO | 8 |
| AR | 4 |
| TN | 2 |
| AL | 1 |
| KY | 1 |
| LA | 1 |
| MS | 1 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 21 | 36.2% | 1.75 in |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 11 | 19.0% | 1.75 in |
| 3 | California | 8 | 13.8% | 0.25 in |
| 4 | Missouri | 8 | 13.8% | 1.75 in |
| 5 | Arkansas | 4 | 6.9% | 1.75 in |
| 6 | Tennessee | 2 | 3.4% | 0.75 in |
| 7 | Alabama | 1 | 1.7% | 0.75 in |
| 8 | Kentucky | 1 | 1.7% | 1.25 in |
| 9 | Louisiana | 1 | 1.7% | 0.88 in |
| 10 | Mississippi | 1 | 1.7% | 0.88 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greene County, MO | 7 | 1.75 in |
| 2 | Benton County, AR | 4 | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Santa Cruz County, CA | 3 | 0.25 in |
| 4 | Tulsa County, OK | 3 | 1 in |
| 5 | Bandera County, TX | 2 | 0.88 in |
| 6 | Bexar County, TX | 2 | 1 in |
| 7 | Blanco County, TX | 2 | 1 in |
| 8 | Coryell County, TX | 2 | 1.3 in |
| 9 | Hamilton County, TX | 2 | 1.75 in |
| 10 | Kingfisher County, OK | 2 | 1 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 35 counties and all 10 states.
How January 2020 compares
| Compared with | Reports | January 2020 was |
|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 39 | +19 (+49%) |
| January 2019 | 31 | +27 (+87%) |
| the average January in the other 12 years | 50 | +8 (+16%) |
January 2020 was the 5th busiest January of the 13 in the record and the 122nd busiest of all 150 months.
| 2014 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 85 |
| 2017 | 174 |
| 2018 | 44 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 58 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 101 |
| 2024 | 76 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 12 |
Every January 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.