NOAA Storm Events · January 2026
Hail in January 2026: 12 NOAA reports across 5 states
NOAA logged 12 hail reports in January 2026, in 8 counties across 5 states. Oklahoma had the most (4). The largest stone was 2 inches (a hen egg), near Forrester in Lee County, Georgia, on January 3, 2026. The worst day was January 3, 2026, with 6 reports in 3 states.
- Where
- 8 counties in 5 states; Oklahoma had 33% of the reports
- Largest stone
- 2 inches, a hen egg, in Lee County, GA (near Forrester), on January 3, 2026
- Worst day
- January 3, 2026: 6 reports in 3 states, 50% of the month
- Days with hail
- 2 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 3, 2026 was the worst day with 6 reports. A day with hail averaged 6.
| January 1 | 0 |
|---|---|
| January 2 | 0 |
| January 3 | 6 |
| January 4 | 0 |
| January 5 | 0 |
| January 6 | 0 |
| January 7 | 0 |
| January 8 | 6 |
| 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 | 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.
| OK | 4 |
|---|---|
| AL | 3 |
| GA | 2 |
| NM | 2 |
| FL | 1 |
| # | State | Reports | Share | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 4 | 33.3% | 1 in |
| 2 | Alabama | 3 | 25.0% | 1.75 in |
| 3 | Georgia | 2 | 16.7% | 2 in |
| 4 | New Mexico | 2 | 16.7% | 1 in |
| 5 | Florida | 1 | 8.3% | 1 in |
| # | County | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldwin County, AL | 2 | 1.75 in |
| 2 | Bernalillo County, NM | 2 | 1 in |
| 3 | Lee County, GA | 2 | 2 in |
| 4 | Oklahoma County, OK | 2 | 0.75 in |
| 5 | Cleveland County, OK | 1 | 0.75 in |
| 6 | Conecuh County, AL | 1 | 1.75 in |
| 7 | Santa Rosa County, FL | 1 | 1 in |
| 8 | Seminole County, OK | 1 | 1 in |
County names link to the full hail history where we have published that county. The CSV below lists all 8 counties and all 5 states.
How January 2026 compares
| Compared with | Reports | January 2026 was |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 2 | +10 (+500%) |
| January 2025 | 4 | +8 (+200%) |
| the average January in the other 12 years | 54 | -42 (-78%) |
January 2026 was the 10th busiest January of the 13 in the record and the 142nd 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.