NOAA Storm Events · January 2023
Hail in January 2023: 101 NOAA reports across 15 states
NOAA logged 101 hail reports in January 2023, in 78 counties across 15 states. Mississippi had the most (17). The largest stone was 2 inches (a hen egg), near Elm Park in Scott County, Arkansas, on January 11, 2023. The worst day was January 12, 2023, with 45 reports in 9 states.
- Where
- 78 counties in 15 states; Mississippi had 17% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 2 inches, a hen egg, in Scott County, AR (near Elm Park), on January 11, 2023
- Worst day
- January 12, 2023: 45 reports in 9 states, 45% of the month
- Days with hail
- 8 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 12, 2023 was the worst day with 45 reports. A day with hail averaged 13.
| January 1 | 0 |
|---|---|
| January 2 | 6 |
| January 3 | 31 |
| January 4 | 4 |
| January 5 | 0 |
| January 6 | 0 |
| January 7 | 3 |
| January 8 | 0 |
| January 9 | 0 |
| January 10 | 0 |
| January 11 | 8 |
| January 12 | 45 |
| January 13 | 0 |
| January 14 | 0 |
| January 15 | 0 |
| January 16 | 1 |
| January 17 | 0 |
| January 18 | 0 |
| January 19 | 3 |
| 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.
| MS | 17 |
|---|---|
| KY | 14 |
| AL | 13 |
| TN | 11 |
| OK | 9 |
| LA | 8 |
| IN | 7 |
| IL | 6 |
| AR | 4 |
| GA | 4 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 17 | 16.8% | 1.75 in |
| 2 | Kentucky | 14 | 13.9% | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Alabama | 13 | 12.9% | 1.75 in |
| 4 | Tennessee | 11 | 10.9% | 1.5 in |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 9 | 8.9% | 1.5 in |
| 6 | Louisiana | 8 | 7.9% | 1.25 in |
| 7 | Indiana | 7 | 6.9% | 1 in |
| 8 | Illinois | 6 | 5.9% | 1.75 in |
| 9 | Arkansas | 4 | 4.0% | 2 in |
| 10 | Georgia | 4 | 4.0% | 1.75 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davidson County, TN | 4 | 1.5 in |
| 2 | Jones County, MS | 4 | 1 in |
| 3 | Adams County, MS | 3 | 1.75 in |
| 4 | Lewis County, TN | 3 | 1 in |
| 5 | McIntosh County, OK | 3 | 1.5 in |
| 6 | De Witt County, IL | 2 | 1.75 in |
| 7 | Grayson County, KY | 2 | 1 in |
| 8 | Jasper County, MS | 2 | 1.75 in |
| 9 | Lauderdale County, AL | 2 | 1 in |
| 10 | Le Flore County, OK | 2 | 1.5 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 78 counties and all 15 states.
How January 2023 compares
| Compared with | Reports | January 2023 was |
|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | 20 | +81 (+405%) |
| January 2022 | 27 | +74 (+274%) |
| the average January in the other 12 years | 47 | +54 (+115%) |
January 2023 was the 2nd busiest January of the 13 in the record and the 108th 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.