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Edition 1997-05

Hail days by metro, May 1997.

In May 1997, 73 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, against 75 in May 1996. Amarillo, TX led with 4 days. On 100 percent of metro hail days at least one report was measured by a person or an instrument; the rest were detected by radar alone. Nationally the month had 29 days with hail on record, against 31 a year earlier.

73

Of 333 metros with a hail day

29

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of metro hail days carried a measured report

4.50in

Largest measured, 13 May, KS

Hail days by metro, May 1997

Against each metro's own May on record

Hail days by metro, May 1997: each metro's hail days in the window, its year to date, 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 Year to date May mean Measured share Largest measured Largest detected
01 Amarillo, TX 4 5 No prior year 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
02 Thornton, CO 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
03 Arvada, CO 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
04 Westminster, CO 3 3 No prior year 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
05 Washington, DC 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
06 Columbus, GA 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Overland Park, KS 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Springfield, MO 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
09 Macon-Bibb County, GA 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
10 Charleston, SC 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
11 Jackson, MS 2 4 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
12 Odessa, TX 2 3 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
13 Wichita Falls, TX 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
14 Palm Coast, FL 2 2 No prior year 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
15 Houston, TX 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
16 Philadelphia, PA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
17 San Antonio, TX 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
18 Columbus, OH 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
19 Denver, CO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
20 Oklahoma City, OK 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
21 Nashville, TN 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
22 Detroit, MI 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
23 Memphis, TN 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
24 Baltimore, MD 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
25 Atlanta, GA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.90″ None detected
26 Omaha, NE 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
27 Raleigh, NC 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
28 Miami, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
29 Virginia Beach, VA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
30 Tulsa, OK 1 5 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
31 Tampa, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
32 Wichita, KS 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Aurora, CO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
34 Pittsburgh, PA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
35 Durham, NC 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
36 Chesapeake, VA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Norfolk, VA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
38 Spokane, WA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
39 Hialeah, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
40 Des Moines, IA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 3.00″ None detected
41 Yonkers, NY 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
42 Little Rock, AR 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
43 Tallahassee, FL 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Grand Rapids, MI 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
45 Chattanooga, TN 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
46 Newport News, VA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
47 Cary, NC 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
48 Alexandria, VA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
49 Kansas City, KS 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
50 Savannah, GA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
51 Rockford, IL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
52 Waco, TX 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
53 Midland, TX 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
54 Hampton, VA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
55 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Palm Bay, FL 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
57 Norman, OK 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
58 Abilene, TX 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
59 Topeka, KS 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
60 Lakeland, FL 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
61 North Charleston, SC 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
62 Lafayette, LA 1 2 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
63 Hartford, CT 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
64 Ann Arbor, MI 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
65 Cambridge, MA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
66 Greeley, CO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
67 Lansing, MI 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
68 Conroe, TX 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
69 Boulder, CO 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
70 Dearborn, MI 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
71 Sandy Springs, GA 1 3 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.90″ None detected
72 South Bend, IN 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
73 Davenport, IA 1 1 No prior year 100% 1 of 1 day measured 3.00″ None detected

By state

The states by the hail days filed under each by its source, busiest first, with May 1996 beside it. The first 15 of 43; the rest are on their own pages.

  1. 01 Texas 22 days
    • 22 measured
    • 4.50″
    • 19 in May 1996
  2. 02 Kansas 14 days
    • 14 measured
    • 4.50″
    • 17 in May 1996
  3. 03 Oklahoma 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 3.00″
    • 13 in May 1996
  4. 04 Missouri 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 19 in May 1996
  5. 05 Mississippi 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 3 in May 1996
  6. 06 Colorado 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 9 in May 1996
  7. 07 New Mexico 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 2.50″
    • 4 in May 1996
  8. 08 Florida 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 2.00″
    • 9 in May 1996
  9. 09 Georgia 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 10 in May 1996
  10. 10 Arkansas 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 3.00″
    • 10 in May 1996
  11. 11 Alabama 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 3.50″
    • 5 in May 1996
  12. 12 Louisiana 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 2 in May 1996
  13. 13 Pennsylvania 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 5 in May 1996
  14. 14 South Carolina 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 8 in May 1996
  15. 15 Ohio 5 days
    • 5 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 7 in May 1996

The busiest day of the month

Thursday 1 May 1997

Hail reports
193
Sources
×1
Measured
2.75″
States
13

Against May 1996

The same month a year earlier, counted the same way. Dallas, TX led then with 3 days.

73 −2

Metros with a hail day

May 1996 75

29 −2

Days with hail on record nationally

May 1996 31

29 −2

Days with a measured hail report

May 1996 31

1,783 −725

Hail reports, all sources

May 1996 2,508

Cite this edition

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, May 1997. Compiled 24 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/1997/05

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.

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