NOAA Storm Events · April 2025
Hail in April 2025: 1,819 NOAA reports across 33 states
NOAA logged 1,819 hail reports in April 2025, in 638 counties across 33 states. Texas had the most (319). The largest stone was 5.2 inches (a softball), near South Plains in Floyd County, Texas, on April 24, 2025. The worst day was April 2, 2025, with 242 reports in 14 states.
- Where
- 638 counties in 33 states; Texas had 18% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 5.2 inches, a softball, in Floyd County, TX (near South Plains), on April 24, 2025
- Worst day
- April 2, 2025: 242 reports in 14 states, 13% of the month
- Days with hail
- 26 of 30 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
April 2, 2025 was the worst day with 242 reports. A day with hail averaged 70.
| April 1 | 57 |
|---|---|
| April 2 | 242 |
| April 3 | 72 |
| April 4 | 74 |
| April 5 | 59 |
| April 6 | 2 |
| April 7 | 1 |
| April 8 | 0 |
| April 9 | 0 |
| April 10 | 148 |
| April 11 | 16 |
| April 12 | 0 |
| April 13 | 0 |
| April 14 | 90 |
| April 15 | 3 |
| April 16 | 2 |
| April 17 | 117 |
| April 18 | 152 |
| April 19 | 55 |
| April 20 | 7 |
| April 21 | 22 |
| April 22 | 112 |
| April 23 | 109 |
| April 24 | 75 |
| April 25 | 26 |
| April 26 | 39 |
| April 27 | 33 |
| April 28 | 144 |
| April 29 | 79 |
| April 30 | 83 |
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 | 319 |
|---|---|
| OK | 162 |
| TN | 127 |
| KS | 124 |
| IA | 118 |
| NE | 114 |
| WI | 112 |
| OH | 63 |
| AR | 61 |
| PA | 57 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 319 | 17.5% | 5.2 in |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 162 | 8.9% | 3 in |
| 3 | Tennessee | 127 | 7.0% | 3 in |
| 4 | Kansas | 124 | 6.8% | 2.75 in |
| 5 | Iowa | 118 | 6.5% | 4 in |
| 6 | Nebraska | 114 | 6.3% | 4 in |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 112 | 6.2% | 2.75 in |
| 8 | Ohio | 63 | 3.5% | 3 in |
| 9 | Arkansas | 61 | 3.4% | 3 in |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 57 | 3.1% | 1.75 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas County, NE | 34 | 3 in |
| 2 | Allegheny County, PA | 33 | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Pecos County, TX | 29 | 5 in |
| 4 | Williamson County, TX | 27 | 2.5 in |
| 5 | Dane County, WI | 26 | 2.5 in |
| 6 | Cleveland County, OK | 20 | 2 in |
| 7 | Lea County, NM | 20 | 2.5 in |
| 8 | Pottawattamie County, IA | 17 | 4 in |
| 9 | Marshall County, AL | 15 | 2.25 in |
| 10 | Waukesha County, WI | 15 | 2 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 638 counties and all 33 states.
How April 2025 compares
| Compared with | Reports | April 2025 was |
|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 1,084 | +735 (+68%) |
| April 2024 | 1,229 | +590 (+48%) |
| the average April in the other 12 years | 1,445 | +374 (+26%) |
April 2025 was the 4th busiest April of the 13 in the record and the 18th busiest of all 150 months.
| 2014 | 1598 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2010 |
| 2016 | 1398 |
| 2017 | 1723 |
| 2018 | 695 |
| 2019 | 763 |
| 2020 | 1547 |
| 2021 | 1040 |
| 2022 | 1169 |
| 2023 | 2022 |
| 2024 | 1229 |
| 2025 | 1819 |
| 2026 | 2148 |
Every April 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.