NOAA Storm Events · January 2025
Hail in January 2025: 4 NOAA reports across 3 states
NOAA logged 4 hail reports in January 2025, in 3 counties across 3 states. Florida had the most (2). The largest stone was 1 inch (a quarter), near Chatham in Washington County, Mississippi, on January 5, 2025. The worst day was January 19, 2025, with 2 reports in 1 state.
- Where
- 3 counties in 3 states; Florida had 50% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 1 inch, a quarter, in Washington County, MS (near Chatham), on January 5, 2025
- Worst day
- January 19, 2025: 2 reports in 1 state, 50% of the month
- Days with hail
- 3 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 19, 2025 was the worst day with 2 reports. A day with hail averaged 1.
| January 1 | 0 |
|---|---|
| January 2 | 0 |
| January 3 | 0 |
| January 4 | 0 |
| January 5 | 1 |
| January 6 | 0 |
| January 7 | 0 |
| January 8 | 0 |
| January 9 | 0 |
| January 10 | 0 |
| January 11 | 0 |
| January 12 | 0 |
| January 13 | 0 |
| January 14 | 0 |
| January 15 | 0 |
| January 16 | 0 |
| January 17 | 0 |
| January 18 | 0 |
| January 19 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 |
| 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.
| FL | 2 |
|---|---|
| MS | 1 |
| NE | 1 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 2 | 50.0% | 1 in |
| 2 | Mississippi | 1 | 25.0% | 1 in |
| 3 | Nebraska | 1 | 25.0% | 0.75 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brevard County, FL | 2 | 1 in |
| 2 | Dundy County, NE | 1 | 0.75 in |
| 3 | Washington County, MS | 1 | 1 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 3 counties and all 3 states.
How January 2025 compares
| Compared with | Reports | January 2025 was |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 58 | -54 (-93%) |
| January 2024 | 76 | -72 (-95%) |
| the average January in the other 12 years | 55 | -51 (-93%) |
January 2025 was the 12th busiest January of the 13 in the record and the 148th 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.