NOAA Storm Events · March 2022
Hail in March 2022: 274 NOAA reports across 22 states
NOAA logged 274 hail reports in March 2022, in 159 counties across 22 states. Texas had the most (96). The largest stone was 2.75 inches (a baseball), near Orient in Adair County, Iowa, on March 5, 2022. The worst day was March 21, 2022, with 53 reports in 3 states.
- Where
- 159 counties in 22 states; Texas had 35% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 2.75 inches, a baseball, in Adair County, IA (near Orient), on March 5, 2022
- Worst day
- March 21, 2022: 53 reports in 3 states, 19% of the month
- Days with hail
- 16 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
March 21, 2022 was the worst day with 53 reports. A day with hail averaged 17.
| March 1 | 0 |
|---|---|
| March 2 | 0 |
| March 3 | 0 |
| March 4 | 0 |
| March 5 | 48 |
| March 6 | 12 |
| March 7 | 2 |
| March 8 | 0 |
| March 9 | 0 |
| March 10 | 0 |
| March 11 | 3 |
| March 12 | 0 |
| March 13 | 0 |
| March 14 | 37 |
| March 15 | 0 |
| March 16 | 45 |
| March 17 | 3 |
| March 18 | 11 |
| March 19 | 1 |
| March 20 | 1 |
| March 21 | 53 |
| March 22 | 6 |
| March 23 | 28 |
| March 24 | 0 |
| March 25 | 0 |
| March 26 | 0 |
| March 27 | 0 |
| March 28 | 0 |
| March 29 | 15 |
| March 30 | 2 |
| March 31 | 7 |
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 | 96 |
|---|---|
| MO | 33 |
| GA | 23 |
| IA | 19 |
| FL | 15 |
| WV | 13 |
| SC | 12 |
| OH | 11 |
| KS | 9 |
| IN | 8 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 96 | 35.0% | 2 in |
| 2 | Missouri | 33 | 12.0% | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Georgia | 23 | 8.4% | 1.75 in |
| 4 | Iowa | 19 | 6.9% | 2.75 in |
| 5 | Florida | 15 | 5.5% | 2 in |
| 6 | West Virginia | 13 | 4.7% | 1.75 in |
| 7 | South Carolina | 12 | 4.4% | 1 in |
| 8 | Ohio | 11 | 4.0% | 1.5 in |
| 9 | Kansas | 9 | 3.3% | 1 in |
| 10 | Indiana | 8 | 2.9% | 1.5 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denton County, TX | 11 | 1.25 in |
| 2 | Collin County, TX | 8 | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Adair County, IA | 7 | 2.75 in |
| 4 | Columbia County, GA | 7 | 1.75 in |
| 5 | Bexar County, TX | 6 | 1 in |
| 6 | Allen County, IN | 5 | 1.5 in |
| 7 | Comal County, TX | 5 | 2 in |
| 8 | Dallas County, TX | 5 | 1 in |
| 9 | Seminole County, FL | 5 | 2 in |
| 10 | Tarrant County, TX | 5 | 1 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 159 counties and all 22 states.
How March 2022 compares
| Compared with | Reports | March 2022 was |
|---|---|---|
| February 2022 | 51 | +223 (+437%) |
| March 2021 | 621 | -347 (-56%) |
| the average March in the other 12 years | 747 | -473 (-63%) |
March 2022 was the 13th busiest March of the 13 in the record and the 88th busiest of all 150 months.
| 2014 | 297 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 525 |
| 2016 | 925 |
| 2017 | 1483 |
| 2018 | 529 |
| 2019 | 482 |
| 2020 | 509 |
| 2021 | 621 |
| 2022 | 274 |
| 2023 | 808 |
| 2024 | 847 |
| 2025 | 1084 |
| 2026 | 857 |
Every March 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.