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The data series 1996

Hail days by metro, 1996.

In 1996, 190 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 239 days with hail somewhere in the country. Tulsa, OK led with 15 days. On 100 percent of those days at least one report was measured by a person or an instrument; the rest were detected by radar alone. Each month of the year has its own edition and file below.

190

Of 333 metros with a hail day

239

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

5.50in

Largest measured, 26 May, KS

Hail days by metro, 1996

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 1996: each metro's hail days in the window, the same span a year earlier, its own mean for the span over the record, the share of its days carried by a measured report, and its largest measured and largest detected hail.
Rank Metro Days Last year Year mean Measured share Largest measured Largest detected
01 Tulsa, OK 15 0 No prior year 100% 15 of 15 days measured 2.75″ None detected
02 Colorado Springs, CO 14 0 No prior year 100% 14 of 14 days measured 2.00″ None detected
03 Allen, TX 11 0 No prior year 100% 11 of 11 days measured 2.00″ None detected
04 Plano, TX 10 0 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 2.00″ None detected
05 Lewisville, TX 10 0 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 4.50″ None detected
06 Abilene, TX 10 0 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 3.00″ None detected
07 Richardson, TX 10 0 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 2.00″ None detected
08 Garland, TX 9 0 No prior year 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.00″ None detected
09 Shreveport, LA 9 0 No prior year 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.75″ None detected
10 Houston, TX 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.00″ None detected
11 Dallas, TX 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
12 Oklahoma City, OK 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 3.00″ None detected
13 Irving, TX 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 4.50″ None detected
14 McKinney, TX 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.00″ None detected
15 Carrollton, TX 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 4.50″ None detected
16 Broken Arrow, OK 8 0 No prior year 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.75″ None detected
17 Fort Worth, TX 7 0 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
18 Amarillo, TX 7 0 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.75″ None detected
19 Omaha, NE 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
20 Arlington, TX 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
21 Durham, NC 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
22 Chesapeake, VA 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
23 Norfolk, VA 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
24 Frisco, TX 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
25 Little Rock, AR 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
26 Fort Collins, CO 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.25″ None detected
27 Jackson, MS 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 3.00″ None detected
28 Wilmington, NC 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
29 Tyler, TX 6 0 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
30 San Antonio, TX 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
31 Jacksonville, FL 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
32 Atlanta, GA 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Wichita, KS 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
34 Cleveland, OH 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.88″ None detected
35 Richmond, VA 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
36 Huntsville, AL 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
37 Grand Prairie, TX 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
38 Knoxville, TN 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
39 Denton, TX 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
40 Norman, OK 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
41 Pueblo, CO 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
42 Sandy Springs, GA 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
43 South Bend, IN 5 0 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
44 Austin, TX 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
45 Charlotte, NC 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
46 Indianapolis, IN 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
47 Memphis, TN 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
48 Tucson, AZ 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
49 Pittsburgh, PA 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
50 Lincoln, NE 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
51 Lubbock, TX 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
52 Fayetteville, NC 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
53 Augusta, GA 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
54 Akron, OH 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
55 Springfield, MO 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
56 Alexandria, VA 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
57 Springfield, MA 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
58 Waco, TX 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
59 Dayton, OH 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
60 West Jordan, UT 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
61 New Braunfels, TX 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
62 Fayetteville, AR 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
63 Denver, CO 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
64 Fresno, CA 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
65 Raleigh, NC 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
66 Virginia Beach, VA 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Tampa, FL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 St. Louis, MO 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
69 Laredo, TX 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
70 Sioux Falls, SD 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
71 Columbus, GA 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
72 Birmingham, AL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
73 Montgomery, AL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
74 Clarksville, TN 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
75 Lakewood, CO 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
76 Mesquite, TX 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
77 Rockford, IL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
78 Thornton, CO 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
79 West Valley City, UT 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
80 Round Rock, TX 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
81 Athens, GA 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
82 Pearland, TX 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
83 Topeka, KS 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
84 Lakeland, FL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
85 Arvada, CO 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
86 Odessa, TX 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
87 Springfield, IL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
88 Tuscaloosa, AL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
89 Phoenix, AZ 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
90 Columbus, OH 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
91 Washington, DC 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
92 Detroit, MI 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
93 Louisville, KY 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
94 Albuquerque, NM 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
95 Minneapolis, MN 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
96 New Orleans, LA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
97 Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
98 Madison, WI 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
99 Chandler, AZ 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
100 Toledo, OH 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
101 Cape Coral, FL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
102 Hialeah, FL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
103 Baton Rouge, LA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 Overland Park, KS 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
105 Tempe, AZ 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
106 Newport News, VA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
107 Mobile, AL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
108 Cary, NC 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
109 Killeen, TX 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
110 Macon-Bibb County, GA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
111 Joliet, IL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
112 Naperville, IL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
113 Olathe, KS 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
114 Pasadena, TX 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
115 Columbia, SC 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
116 Sterling Heights, MI 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
117 Clovis, CA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
118 College Station, TX 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
119 Lafayette, LA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
120 Billings, MT 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
121 Westminster, CO 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
122 Provo, UT 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
123 Greeley, CO 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
124 Beaumont, TX 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
125 Conroe, TX 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
126 Centennial, CO 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
127 Dearborn, MI 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
128 Brockton, MA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
129 Fishers, IN 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
130 Albany, NY 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
131 Chicago, IL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
132 Philadelphia, PA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
133 Nashville, TN 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
134 Las Vegas, NV 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
135 Baltimore, MD 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
136 Milwaukee, WI 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
137 Mesa, AZ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
138 Kansas City, MO 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
139 Miami, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
140 Bakersfield, CA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
141 Orlando, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
142 Cincinnati, OH 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
143 St. Paul, MN 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
144 Greensboro, NC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
145 North Las Vegas, NV 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
146 Gilbert, AZ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
147 Glendale, AZ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
148 Winston-Salem, NC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
149 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
150 Scottsdale, AZ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
151 Spokane, WA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.38″ None detected
152 Des Moines, IA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.80″ None detected
153 Yonkers, NY 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured None measured None detected
154 Tallahassee, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
155 Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
156 Aurora, IL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
157 Murfreesboro, TN 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
158 Charleston, SC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
159 Hollywood, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
160 Kansas City, KS 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
161 Bridgeport, CT 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
162 Savannah, GA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
163 Syracuse, NY 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
164 Visalia, CA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
165 Midland, TX 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
166 Hampton, VA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
167 Warren, MI 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
168 Elizabeth, NJ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
169 Columbia, MO 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
170 North Charleston, SC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
171 Independence, MO 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
172 Ann Arbor, MI 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
173 High Point, NC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
174 Clearwater, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
175 League City, TX 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
176 Evansville, IN 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
177 Richmond, CA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.01″ None detected
178 Pompano Beach, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
179 Elgin, IL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
180 Lansing, MI 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
181 Miami Gardens, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
182 Sugar Land, TX 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
183 Spokane Valley, WA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.38″ None detected
184 Davie, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
185 Boulder, CO 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
186 Wichita Falls, TX 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
187 Carmel, IN 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
188 Palm Coast, FL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
189 Lynn, MA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
190 Davenport, IA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected

The editions of 1996

One per month, each with its metros ranked against their own record and a file of every metro in the series.

  1. January 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 92 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  2. February 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 132 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  3. March 20 days
    • 20 measured
    • 1,098 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  4. April 22 days
    • 22 measured
    • 1,604 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 2,508 reports
    • 5.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 1,972 reports
    • 5.00″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 1,586 reports
    • 5.00″
    • CSV
  8. August 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 789 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  9. September 26 days
    • 26 measured
    • 497 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  10. October 14 days
    • 14 measured
    • 367 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  11. November 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 105 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  12. December 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 76 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV

Against 1995

The same span, January to 31 December, a year earlier, counted the same way.

239 +239

Days with hail on record nationally

1995 0

239 +239

Days with a measured hail report

1995 0

10,826 +10,826

Hail reports, all sources

1995 0

1 +1

Independent sources carrying the hail

1995 0

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 1996. Compiled 27 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/1996

Compiled 27 August 2026 from the public federal storm record. The figures are the record as it stands; a revision by a federal source is carried here at the same address. The file carries every metro in the series, the ones with nothing this month included, with the same provenance line inside it.

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How this series is made

A metro
A metro, as this series uses the word, is a place the Census Bureau lists with a population of 100,000 or more, not a metropolitan statistical area. Smaller places have a hail-history page of their own; they are not in this table.
A hail day
A calendar date with at least one hail report in the archive within 10 miles of the metro's Census centre, from any source. Four sources describing one storm are one afternoon of hail, not four.
The mean
The metro's own hail days over the same span of the calendar in each prior year the record reaches, divided by those years. The record has no prior year yet, so no mean is printed.
The measured share
Of a metro's hail days, the share on which at least one report came from a person or an instrument rather than from radar alone. A detection is a detection and is marked as one here and in every document we issue; the two are never added together.
Overlap
Two metros within 20 miles of each other share reports, so their counts are not exclusive and the national figures are distinct dates, not a sum of the table. The table ranks the record around each centre; it is not a report on any property, and it states no opinion about one.
The record
Searched from 1996 to today. Compiled 27 August 2026 and rebuilt as the federal sources revise it. Records are reproduced as the federal sources published them. The coverage page states what the record holds, by kind and by year.

About this record

Everything here is reproduced from public federal and volunteer weather records, as the agencies and observer networks that publish them released it. Titan Weather compiles the record; it does not observe the weather, and it is not affiliated with any source it cites.

No archive holds everything. Storms cross places where nobody is standing, instruments and observers cover some areas better than others, sources revise their records, and recent reports can take weeks to arrive and settle. Coverage also thins as the years go back: an early quiet stretch may describe who was watching rather than what the weather did. Where this page shows nothing, nothing was found in the sources searched, within the period and area it states. That is not a finding that no weather occurred.

A record sits where its source filed it. Reports made from the ground are commonly logged against a town, a landmark or an offset from one rather than the spot where the measurement was taken, so any distance shown for one carries that source's own location error. Radar detections and warning geometry are instrument-located and do not.

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