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The data series 1997

Hail days by metro, 1997.

In 1997, 197 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 242 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 239 over the same span in 1996. Tulsa, OK led with 10 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.

197

Of 333 metros with a hail day

242

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

5.50in

Largest measured, 16 Jun, OK

Hail days by metro, 1997

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 1997: 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 10 15 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 3.75″ None detected
02 Amarillo, TX 10 7 No prior year 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.50″ None detected
03 Denver, CO 7 3 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
04 Tampa, FL 7 3 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
05 Shreveport, LA 7 9 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
06 Midland, TX 7 1 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.75″ None detected
07 Sandy Springs, GA 7 5 No prior year 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Colorado Springs, CO 6 14 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
09 Raleigh, NC 6 3 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
10 Wichita, KS 6 5 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
11 Pasadena, TX 6 2 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
12 Thornton, CO 6 3 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
13 Arvada, CO 6 3 No prior year 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
14 Nashville, TN 5 1 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
15 Norfolk, VA 5 6 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
16 Little Rock, AR 5 6 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
17 Tallahassee, FL 5 1 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
18 Columbus, GA 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
19 Lakewood, CO 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
20 Jackson, MS 5 6 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
21 Columbia, SC 5 2 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
22 Abilene, TX 5 10 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
23 Athens, GA 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
24 Topeka, KS 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
25 Lakeland, FL 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
26 Broken Arrow, OK 5 8 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
27 Odessa, TX 5 3 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
28 Greeley, CO 5 2 No prior year 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
29 Houston, TX 4 8 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
30 San Antonio, TX 4 5 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
31 Fort Worth, TX 4 7 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
32 Oklahoma City, OK 4 8 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Detroit, MI 4 2 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Atlanta, GA 4 5 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
35 Henderson, NV 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
36 Lubbock, TX 4 4 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Chesapeake, VA 4 6 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
38 Yonkers, NY 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
39 Chattanooga, TN 4 0 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
40 Fort Lauderdale, FL 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
41 Cary, NC 4 2 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
42 Springfield, MO 4 4 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
43 Macon-Bibb County, GA 4 2 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Hollywood, FL 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
45 Norman, OK 4 5 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
46 Pearland, TX 4 3 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
47 Wilmington, NC 4 6 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
48 League City, TX 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.00″ None detected
49 Westminster, CO 4 2 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
50 Lansing, MI 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
51 Miami Gardens, FL 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
52 Tyler, TX 4 6 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
53 Davie, FL 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
54 Centennial, CO 4 2 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
55 Boulder, CO 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
56 Wichita Falls, TX 4 1 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
57 Washington, DC 3 2 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
58 Memphis, TN 3 4 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
59 Virginia Beach, VA 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
60 Minneapolis, MN 3 2 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
61 St. Paul, MN 3 1 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
62 Durham, NC 3 6 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
63 St. Louis, MO 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
64 St. Petersburg, FL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
65 Huntsville, AL 3 5 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
66 Des Moines, IA 3 1 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 3.00″ None detected
67 Sioux Falls, SD 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Overland Park, KS 3 2 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
69 Pembroke Pines, FL 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
70 Charleston, SC 3 1 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
71 Savannah, GA 3 1 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
72 Rochester, MN 3 0 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
73 Lafayette, LA 3 2 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
74 Dearborn, MI 3 2 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
75 Palm Coast, FL 3 1 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
76 Dallas, TX 2 8 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
77 Austin, TX 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
78 Las Vegas, NV 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
79 Albuquerque, NM 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
80 Tucson, AZ 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
81 Bakersfield, CA 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
82 Arlington, TX 2 6 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
83 Aurora, CO 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
84 Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
85 Cincinnati, OH 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
86 Pittsburgh, PA 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
87 Greensboro, NC 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
88 Plano, TX 2 10 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
89 North Las Vegas, NV 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
90 Toledo, OH 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
91 Garland, TX 2 9 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
92 Spokane, WA 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
93 Frisco, TX 2 6 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
94 Cape Coral, FL 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
95 Hialeah, FL 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
96 McKinney, TX 2 8 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
97 Grand Prairie, TX 2 5 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
98 Knoxville, TN 2 5 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
99 Birmingham, AL 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
100 Grand Rapids, MI 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
101 Mobile, AL 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
102 Clarksville, TN 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
103 Denton, TX 2 5 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 Springfield, MA 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
105 Kansas City, KS 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
106 Rockford, IL 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
107 Gainesville, FL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
108 Waco, TX 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
109 Miramar, FL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
110 Hampton, VA 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
111 Warren, MI 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
112 Palm Bay, FL 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
113 West Valley City, UT 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
114 Fargo, ND 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
115 Round Rock, TX 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
116 North Charleston, SC 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
117 Billings, MT 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
118 Ann Arbor, MI 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
119 Cambridge, MA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
120 Richardson, TX 2 10 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
121 Evansville, IN 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
122 West Jordan, UT 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
123 Las Cruces, NM 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
124 Elgin, IL 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
125 Allen, TX 2 11 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
126 South Fulton, GA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
127 Conroe, TX 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
128 South Bend, IN 2 5 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
129 New Bedford, MA 2 0 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
130 Davenport, IA 2 1 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 3.00″ None detected
131 Chicago, IL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
132 Philadelphia, PA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
133 Jacksonville, FL 1 5 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
134 Columbus, OH 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
135 Charlotte, NC 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
136 Indianapolis, IN 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
137 Boston, MA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
138 Louisville, KY 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
139 Baltimore, MD 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
140 Mesa, AZ 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
141 Kansas City, MO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
142 Omaha, NE 1 6 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
143 Miami, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
144 Cleveland, OH 1 5 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
145 Orlando, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
146 Newark, NJ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
147 Lincoln, NE 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
148 Jersey City, NJ 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
149 Chandler, AZ 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
150 Gilbert, AZ 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
151 Buffalo, NY 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
152 Laredo, TX 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
153 Irving, TX 1 8 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
154 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
155 Boise City, ID 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
156 Richmond, VA 1 5 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
157 Fayetteville, NC 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
158 Salt Lake City, UT 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
159 Augusta, GA 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
160 Montgomery, AL 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
161 Providence, RI 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
162 Tempe, AZ 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
163 Newport News, VA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
164 Fort Collins, CO 1 6 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
165 Murfreesboro, TN 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
166 Killeen, TX 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
167 Alexandria, VA 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
168 Naperville, IL 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
169 Bridgeport, CT 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
170 Olathe, KS 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
171 McAllen, TX 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 4.50″ None detected
172 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
173 Elizabeth, NJ 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
174 New Haven, CT 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
175 Meridian, ID 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
176 Lewisville, TX 1 10 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
177 Sterling Heights, MI 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
178 Carrollton, TX 1 8 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
179 Columbia, MO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.74″ None detected
180 College Station, TX 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
181 Hartford, CT 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
182 Clearwater, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
183 Waterbury, CT 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
184 Nampa, ID 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
185 Provo, UT 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
186 Beaumont, TX 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
187 Tuscaloosa, AL 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
188 Pueblo, CO 1 5 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
189 New Braunfels, TX 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
190 Peoria, IL 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
191 Concord, NC 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
192 Sugar Land, TX 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
193 Spokane Valley, WA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
194 Bend, OR 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
195 Fayetteville, AR 1 4 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
196 Quincy, MA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
197 Suffolk, VA 1 0 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected

The editions of 1997

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

  1. January 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 289 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  2. February 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 35 reports
    • 2.00″
    • CSV
  3. March 18 days
    • 18 measured
    • 598 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  4. April 24 days
    • 24 measured
    • 932 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 29 days
    • 29 measured
    • 1,783 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 1,949 reports
    • 5.50″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 1,333 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 876 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  9. September 22 days
    • 22 measured
    • 329 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  10. October 19 days
    • 19 measured
    • 285 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  11. November 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 175 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  12. December 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 28 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV

Against 1996

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

242 +3

Days with hail on record nationally

1996 239

242 +3

Days with a measured hail report

1996 239

8,612 −2,214

Hail reports, all sources

1996 10,826

1 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

1996 1

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 1997. Compiled 24 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/1997

Compiled 24 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 1997 to today. Compiled 24 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

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No archive holds everything. Storms cross places where nobody is standing, instruments and spotters cover some areas better than others, sources revise their records, and recent reports can take weeks to arrive and settle. 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.

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