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Edition 2003-08

Hail days by metro, August 2003.

In August 2003, 75 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, against 48 in August 2002. Cincinnati, OH led with 4 days, against its own August mean of 0.3 over 7 prior years of record. 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 31 days with hail on record, against 31 a year earlier.

75

Of 333 metros with a hail day

31

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of metro hail days carried a measured report

3.00in

Largest measured, 5 Aug, MO

Hail days by metro, August 2003

Against each metro's own August on record

Hail days by metro, August 2003: 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 August mean Measured share Largest measured Largest detected
01 Cincinnati, OH 4 +3.7 5 0.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
02 Denver, CO 3 +2.6 8 0.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
03 Wichita, KS 3 +2.7 12 0.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
04 Pittsburgh, PA 3 +2.9 6 0.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
05 Fort Wayne, IN 3 +2.9 6 0.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
06 Chicago, IL 2 +2.0 5 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
07 Fort Worth, TX 2 +2.0 7 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Columbus, OH 2 +2.0 7 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
09 Nashville, TN 2 +1.7 7 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
10 Louisville, KY 2 +2.0 7 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
11 Aurora, CO 2 +1.6 7 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
12 Greensboro, NC 2 +1.7 5 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
13 Peoria, AZ 2 +1.9 2 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
14 Akron, OH 2 +1.7 5 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
15 Aurora, IL 2 +2.0 6 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
16 Pembroke Pines, FL 2 +1.6 4 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
17 Joliet, IL 2 +2.0 8 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
18 Naperville, IL 2 +2.0 8 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
19 Miramar, FL 2 +1.6 4 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
20 Lewisville, TX 2 +2.0 3 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
21 Lansing, MI 2 +1.9 3 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
22 Miami Gardens, FL 2 +1.3 4 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
23 Centennial, CO 2 +0.9 12 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
24 Green Bay, WI 2 +1.9 2 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.25″ None detected
25 Houston, TX 1 +0.3 7 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
26 Jacksonville, FL 1 +0.7 4 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
27 Austin, TX 1 +1.0 3 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
28 Memphis, TN 1 +0.9 6 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
29 Baltimore, MD 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
30 Tucson, AZ 1 +0.1 3 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
31 Kansas City, MO 1 +0.7 9 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
32 Omaha, NE 1 +0.7 6 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Tulsa, OK 1 +0.6 6 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Tampa, FL 1 −0.1 4 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
35 Arlington, TX 1 +1.0 3 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
36 Orlando, FL 1 +0.9 4 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Durham, NC 1 +0.4 2 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
38 Toledo, OH 1 +0.4 5 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
39 Irving, TX 1 +1.0 4 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
40 Frisco, TX 1 +1.0 2 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
41 Hialeah, FL 1 +0.7 4 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
42 Fayetteville, NC 1 +0.9 2 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
43 Yonkers, NY 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Worcester, MA 1 +1.0 1 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
45 Little Rock, AR 1 +0.7 8 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
46 Grand Prairie, TX 1 +1.0 3 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
47 Overland Park, KS 1 +0.4 13 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
48 Grand Rapids, MI 1 +1.0 5 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
49 Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 +0.3 4 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
50 Springfield, MO 1 +0.7 12 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
51 Murfreesboro, TN 1 +1.0 5 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
52 Alexandria, VA 1 +0.3 2 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
53 Hollywood, FL 1 +0.3 3 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
54 Springfield, MA 1 +0.7 2 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
55 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 +1.0 4 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Dayton, OH 1 +1.0 5 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
57 Columbia, MO 1 +1.0 5 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
58 Topeka, KS 1 +0.7 5 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
59 College Station, TX 1 +0.9 4 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
60 Wilmington, NC 1 +0.6 4 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
61 Independence, MO 1 +0.9 10 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
62 Hartford, CT 1 +1.0 2 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
63 Broken Arrow, OK 1 +0.4 4 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
64 High Point, NC 1 +1.0 4 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
65 Lowell, MA 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
66 Elgin, IL 1 +0.7 6 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Springfield, IL 1 +1.0 5 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
68 Tyler, TX 1 +0.9 3 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
69 Sugar Land, TX 1 +1.0 3 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
70 Davie, FL 1 +0.3 3 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
71 Boulder, CO 1 +0.9 2 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
72 Sandy Springs, GA 1 +0.9 6 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
73 Lee's Summit, MO 1 +0.7 8 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
74 Fayetteville, AR 1 +0.7 4 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
75 Davenport, IA 1 +0.7 8 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected

By state

The states by the hail days filed under each by its source, busiest first, with August 2002 beside it. The first 15 of 43; the rest are on their own pages.

  1. 01 Kansas 17 days
    • 17 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 13 in August 2002
  2. 02 Ohio 13 days
    • 13 measured
    • 2.00″
    • 7 in August 2002
  3. 03 Oklahoma 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 12 in August 2002
  4. 04 Colorado 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 13 in August 2002
  5. 05 Missouri 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 3.00″
    • 11 in August 2002
  6. 06 Arkansas 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 6 in August 2002
  7. 07 Texas 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 13 in August 2002
  8. 08 North Carolina 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.00″
    • 5 in August 2002
  9. 09 South Dakota 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.50″
    • 20 in August 2002
  10. 10 Georgia 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 6 in August 2002
  11. 11 Nebraska 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 18 in August 2002
  12. 12 Tennessee 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 7 in August 2002
  13. 13 Pennsylvania 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 5 in August 2002
  14. 14 Mississippi 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 4 in August 2002
  15. 15 Arizona 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 3 in August 2002

The busiest day of the month

Friday 1 August 2003

Hail reports
320
Sources
×2
Measured
2.75″
States
15

Against August 2002

The same month a year earlier, counted the same way; the August 2002 edition has the full table. Centennial, CO led then with 4 days.

75 +27

Metros with a hail day

August 2002 48

31 ±0

Days with hail on record nationally

August 2002 31

31 ±0

Days with a measured hail report

August 2002 31

2,456 −1,026

Hail reports, all sources

August 2002 3,482

Cite this edition

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, August 2003. Compiled 25 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2003/08

Compiled 25 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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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, August, in each of the 7 prior years the record reaches, from 1996, divided by those years. A span is compared with itself, never with the country.
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 25 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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