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The data series 2008

Hail days by metro, 2008.

In 2008, 256 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 277 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 254 over the same span in 2007. North Charleston, SC led with 16 days, against its own mean of 4.0 for the span over 12 prior years of record. 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.

256

Of 333 metros with a hail day

277

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

5.00in

Largest measured, 7 Jan, MO

Hail days by metro, 2008

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2008: 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 North Charleston, SC 16 +12.0 8 4.0 100% 16 of 16 days measured 1.75″ None detected
02 Wichita, KS 15 +8.3 1 6.8 100% 15 of 15 days measured 2.00″ None detected
03 Cedar Rapids, IA 14 +10.2 10 3.8 100% 14 of 14 days measured 0.88″ None detected
04 Charleston, SC 13 +10.1 5 2.9 100% 13 of 13 days measured 1.75″ None detected
05 Springfield, MO 12 +6.3 6 5.7 100% 12 of 12 days measured 3.00″ None detected
06 Naperville, IL 11 +7.8 5 3.2 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Savannah, GA 11 +9.1 3 1.9 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Norman, OK 11 +6.8 5 4.2 100% 11 of 11 days measured 2.00″ None detected
09 Davie, FL 11 +6.9 5 4.1 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.00″ None detected
10 Kansas City, MO 10 +4.7 5 5.3 100% 10 of 10 days measured 2.00″ None detected
11 Shreveport, LA 10 +4.5 6 5.5 100% 10 of 10 days measured 0.88″ None detected
12 Jacksonville, FL 9 +5.1 3 3.9 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
13 Omaha, NE 9 +1.9 6 7.1 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.25″ None detected
14 Madison, WI 9 +5.9 7 3.1 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
15 Fort Wayne, IN 9 +6.3 2 2.8 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
16 Des Moines, IA 9 +4.2 4 4.8 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.75″ None detected
17 Birmingham, AL 9 +5.0 4 4.0 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.75″ None detected
18 Fort Lauderdale, FL 9 +4.8 5 4.3 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
19 Macon-Bibb County, GA 9 +5.5 1 3.5 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.75″ None detected
20 Columbia, MO 9 +6.2 1 2.8 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.25″ None detected
21 Independence, MO 9 +5.8 4 3.3 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
22 Elgin, IL 9 +6.1 4 2.9 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
23 Lee's Summit, MO 9 +5.4 4 3.6 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
24 Davenport, IA 9 +5.5 5 3.5 100% 9 of 9 days measured 0.88″ None detected
25 Austin, TX 8 +5.3 0 2.7 100% 8 of 8 days measured 4.00″ None detected
26 Oklahoma City, OK 8 +2.3 6 5.8 100% 8 of 8 days measured 3.50″ None detected
27 Tampa, FL 8 +4.1 7 3.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
28 Huntsville, AL 8 +4.1 5 3.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
29 Hialeah, FL 8 +4.7 7 3.3 100% 8 of 8 days measured 0.88″ None detected
30 Springfield, MA 8 +5.2 3 2.8 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
31 Jackson, MS 8 +3.8 3 4.2 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.75″ None detected
32 Broken Arrow, OK 8 +2.1 4 5.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
33 Lansing, MI 8 +6.6 3 1.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
34 Fayetteville, AR 8 +5.0 0 3.0 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
35 Washington, DC 7 +4.5 2 2.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
36 Memphis, TN 7 +2.6 3 4.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
37 Raleigh, NC 7 +2.6 4 4.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.50″ None detected
38 Durham, NC 7 +4.1 3 2.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
39 St. Louis, MO 7 +2.9 5 4.1 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
40 Little Rock, AR 7 +2.4 3 4.6 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
41 Cary, NC 7 +3.8 5 3.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
42 Aurora, IL 7 +4.5 1 2.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
43 Pembroke Pines, FL 7 +4.0 3 3.0 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Kansas City, KS 7 +2.2 5 4.8 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.75″ None detected
45 Olathe, KS 7 +2.8 5 4.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
46 Miramar, FL 7 +3.7 5 3.3 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
47 Pompano Beach, FL 7 +5.0 3 2.0 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
48 Miami Gardens, FL 7 +2.8 6 4.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 0.88″ None detected
49 Concord, NC 7 +4.8 6 2.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.75″ None detected
50 Palm Coast, FL 7 +4.5 5 2.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 0.88″ None detected
51 Albany, NY 7 +4.7 6 2.3 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
52 Baltimore, MD 6 +4.3 2 1.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
53 Atlanta, GA 6 +1.1 5 4.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
54 Tulsa, OK 6 −2.0 5 8.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
55 Lubbock, TX 6 +1.2 6 4.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
56 Norfolk, VA 6 +3.3 3 2.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
57 Cape Coral, FL 6 +3.7 5 2.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.25″ None detected
58 Yonkers, NY 6 +4.8 1 1.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
59 Worcester, MA 6 +4.9 1 1.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
60 Amarillo, TX 6 −1.3 11 7.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
61 Overland Park, KS 6 +0.3 6 5.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
62 Grand Rapids, MI 6 +3.2 4 2.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
63 Akron, OH 6 +2.3 3 3.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
64 Hollywood, FL 6 +2.1 5 3.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.88″ None detected
65 Columbia, SC 6 +3.1 4 2.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
66 Elizabeth, NJ 6 +4.3 1 1.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Coral Springs, FL 6 +4.6 3 1.4 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Kent, WA 6 +5.8 1 0.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.75″ None detected
69 Sterling Heights, MI 6 +3.0 3 3.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
70 Beaumont, TX 6 +4.0 3 2.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.75″ None detected
71 Chicago, IL 5 +2.5 3 2.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
72 Houston, TX 5 +0.1 6 4.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
73 Indianapolis, IN 5 +1.3 4 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.75″ None detected
74 Milwaukee, WI 5 +2.3 3 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.75″ None detected
75 Colorado Springs, CO 5 −3.9 12 8.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
76 Minneapolis, MN 5 +0.8 10 4.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
77 Lincoln, NE 5 +1.2 5 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
78 Toledo, OH 5 +1.8 3 3.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
79 McKinney, TX 5 +2.8 3 2.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
80 Augusta, GA 5 +2.8 3 2.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
81 Paterson, NJ 5 +3.7 2 1.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.88″ None detected
82 Bellevue, WA 5 +4.8 2 0.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.25″ None detected
83 Syracuse, NY 5 +3.3 5 1.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
84 Abilene, TX 5 +0.1 2 4.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.50″ None detected
85 Topeka, KS 5 −0.5 4 5.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
86 Allentown, PA 5 +4.1 2 0.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
87 Rochester, MN 5 +2.3 5 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
88 High Point, NC 5 +2.8 2 2.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
89 League City, TX 5 +3.0 3 2.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
90 Manchester, NH 5 +3.8 4 1.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
91 Tuscaloosa, AL 5 +1.2 3 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
92 Sandy Springs, GA 5 −0.2 5 5.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
93 Fishers, IN 5 +2.4 0 2.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
94 Wichita Falls, TX 5 +0.3 5 4.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
95 Fort Worth, TX 4 −1.6 6 5.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
96 Seattle, WA 4 +3.8 2 0.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.25″ None detected
97 Miami, FL 4 +1.2 6 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
98 Cleveland, OH 4 +1.3 4 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
99 Orlando, FL 4 +2.0 6 2.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
100 Greensboro, NC 4 +1.6 2 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
101 St. Petersburg, FL 4 +1.7 1 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
102 Chesapeake, VA 4 +1.5 2 2.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
103 Frisco, TX 4 +1.6 4 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
104 Baton Rouge, LA 4 +2.9 2 1.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
105 Sioux Falls, SD 4 −0.7 3 4.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
106 Providence, RI 4 +2.7 1 1.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
107 Chattanooga, TN 4 +0.3 2 3.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
108 Mobile, AL 4 +2.0 2 2.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
109 Lakewood, CO 4 +0.4 3 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
110 Alexandria, VA 4 +1.6 1 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
111 Joliet, IL 4 +0.8 5 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
112 Rockford, IL 4 +1.8 1 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
113 Waco, TX 4 +1.3 0 2.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
114 Hampton, VA 4 +2.9 0 1.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
115 Warren, MI 4 +1.5 4 2.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
116 Round Rock, TX 4 +1.4 2 2.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 4.00″ None detected
117 Wilmington, NC 4 −0.1 1 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
118 Cambridge, MA 4 +3.0 0 1.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
119 Clearwater, FL 4 +2.0 1 2.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
120 Odessa, TX 4 −0.1 9 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
121 Waterbury, CT 4 +2.8 3 1.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
122 Springfield, IL 4 +1.8 2 2.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
123 Allen, TX 4 +0.4 3 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
124 Tyler, TX 4 +0.4 2 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
125 Renton, WA 4 +3.6 2 0.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
126 South Bend, IN 4 +1.7 0 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
127 Carmel, IN 4 +1.8 0 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
128 Quincy, MA 4 +3.3 0 0.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
129 New York, NY 3 +2.2 0 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
130 Phoenix, AZ 3 +2.2 0 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
131 Columbus, OH 3 −0.2 3 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
132 Charlotte, NC 3 −0.2 4 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
133 Boston, MA 3 +2.3 0 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
134 Albuquerque, NM 3 +1.2 3 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
135 Tucson, AZ 3 +1.2 1 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
136 Aurora, CO 3 −0.1 1 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
137 Cincinnati, OH 3 +0.1 6 2.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
138 Newark, NJ 3 +1.4 1 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
139 St. Paul, MN 3 −1.4 8 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
140 Jersey City, NJ 3 +1.5 1 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
141 Plano, TX 3 −0.2 3 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
142 Chandler, AZ 3 +1.5 0 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
143 Gilbert, AZ 3 +1.8 0 1.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
144 Buffalo, NY 3 +2.0 0 1.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
145 Glendale, AZ 3 +2.3 0 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
146 Port St. Lucie, FL 3 +2.3 1 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
147 Fayetteville, NC 3 +0.6 3 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
148 Rochester, NY 3 +2.0 1 1.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
149 Grand Prairie, TX 3 +0.4 5 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
150 Murfreesboro, TN 3 −0.1 1 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
151 Denton, TX 3 +0.3 2 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
152 Pasadena, TX 3 +0.5 3 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
153 Midland, TX 3 −1.3 8 4.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
154 Palm Bay, FL 3 +1.0 6 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
155 Dayton, OH 3 ±0 1 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
156 Meridian, ID 3 +2.3 2 0.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
157 Lewisville, TX 3 −0.3 8 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
158 Carrollton, TX 3 +0.5 5 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
159 Athens, GA 3 +0.1 3 2.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
160 College Station, TX 3 +1.2 1 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
161 Arvada, CO 3 +0.1 2 2.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
162 Richardson, TX 3 −0.8 3 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
163 Pueblo, CO 3 −0.8 5 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
164 South Fulton, GA 3 ±0 3 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
165 Peoria, IL 3 ±0 0 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
166 Spokane Valley, WA 3 +2.2 1 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
167 Centennial, CO 3 −2.0 2 5.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
168 Bend, OR 3 +1.7 0 1.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
169 Suffolk, VA 3 +1.9 1 1.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
170 Philadelphia, PA 2 −0.5 2 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
171 San Jose, CA 2 +2.0 0 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
172 Denver, CO 2 −3.1 2 5.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
173 Nashville, TN 2 −2.2 3 4.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
174 El Paso, TX 2 +0.6 3 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
175 Detroit, MI 2 −0.8 4 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
176 Louisville, KY 2 −1.6 5 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
177 Virginia Beach, VA 2 +0.4 1 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
178 Arlington, TX 2 −0.8 7 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
179 Henderson, NV 2 +1.3 0 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
180 Reno, NV 2 +1.3 2 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
181 Irving, TX 2 −1.1 6 3.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
182 Winston-Salem, NC 2 −0.7 8 2.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
183 Boise City, ID 2 +1.3 0 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
184 Spokane, WA 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
185 Salt Lake City, UT 2 +1.3 0 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
186 Tallahassee, FL 2 −0.5 5 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
187 Columbus, GA 2 −1.7 3 3.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
188 Knoxville, TN 2 −0.9 0 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
189 Tempe, AZ 2 +0.5 0 1.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
190 Newport News, VA 2 +0.9 2 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
191 Clarksville, TN 2 +0.3 2 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
192 Fort Collins, CO 2 −0.8 6 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
193 Bridgeport, CT 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
194 Visalia, CA 2 +1.5 3 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
195 Thornton, CO 2 −0.8 2 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
196 West Valley City, UT 2 +1.1 1 0.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
197 Fargo, ND 2 −0.4 2 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
198 Santa Clara, CA 2 +2.0 0 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
199 Pearland, TX 2 +0.1 3 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
200 Lakeland, FL 2 −1.3 6 3.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
201 Lafayette, LA 2 −0.3 3 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
202 Hartford, CT 2 +0.3 3 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
203 West Jordan, UT 2 +0.8 1 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
204 Westminster, CO 2 −1.0 5 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
205 Menifee, CA 2 +1.9 0 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
206 Everett, WA 2 +1.7 1 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
207 Sparks, NV 2 +1.2 2 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
208 Sugar Land, TX 2 −0.3 4 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
209 Lynn, MA 2 +0.9 1 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
210 New Bedford, MA 2 +1.3 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
211 Dallas, TX 1 −3.0 3 4.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
212 Las Vegas, NV 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
213 Portland, OR 1 +0.4 3 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured None measured None detected
214 Mesa, AZ 1 −0.3 0 1.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
215 Oakland, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
216 New Orleans, LA 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
217 Lexington-Fayette, KY 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
218 Corpus Christi, TX 1 +0.8 2 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
219 Pittsburgh, PA 1 −2.8 7 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
220 North Las Vegas, NV 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
221 Scottsdale, AZ 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
222 Garland, TX 1 −2.8 5 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
223 Moreno Valley, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
224 Peoria, AZ 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
225 Vancouver, WA 1 +0.3 2 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
226 Montgomery, AL 1 −1.7 3 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
227 Killeen, TX 1 −1.1 1 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
228 Salinas, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
229 Surprise, AZ 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
230 Sunnyvale, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
231 Mesquite, TX 1 −0.8 2 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
232 McAllen, TX 1 +0.3 3 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
233 Gainesville, FL 1 −1.5 1 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
234 Stamford, CT 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
235 New Haven, CT 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
236 West Palm Beach, FL 1 −0.5 4 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
237 Billings, MT 1 −1.7 2 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
238 Ann Arbor, MI 1 −2.3 3 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
239 Berkeley, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
240 Evansville, IN 1 −2.0 2 3.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
241 Lowell, MA 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
242 Nampa, ID 1 +0.3 3 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
243 Greeley, CO 1 −1.5 3 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
244 Murrieta, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
245 New Braunfels, TX 1 −1.0 2 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
246 Gresham, OR 1 +0.8 2 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
247 Temecula, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
248 Rio Rancho, NM 1 +0.1 1 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
249 Dearborn, MI 1 −2.3 3 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
250 Edinburg, TX 1 +0.3 3 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
251 Green Bay, WI 1 −1.2 5 2.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
252 West Covina, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.10″ None detected
253 Brockton, MA 1 ±0 0 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
254 St. George, UT 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
255 El Monte, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.10″ None detected
256 San Mateo, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected

The editions of 2008

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

  1. January 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 1,069 reports
    • 5.00″
    • CSV
  2. February 19 days
    • 19 measured
    • 1,385 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  3. March 23 days
    • 23 measured
    • 3,553 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  4. April 29 days
    • 29 measured
    • 5,517 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 11,673 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 18,487 reports
    • 5.00″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 8,098 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 5,212 reports
    • 3.50″
    • CSV
  9. September 24 days
    • 24 measured
    • 912 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  10. October 18 days
    • 18 measured
    • 553 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  11. November 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 436 reports
    • 2.50″
    • CSV
  12. December 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 240 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV

Against 2007

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

277 +23

Days with hail on record nationally

2007 254

277 +23

Days with a measured hail report

2007 254

57,135 +16,877

Hail reports, all sources

2007 40,258

3 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2007 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2008. Compiled 28 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2008

Compiled 28 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 of the 12 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 28 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.

These pages describe the public record near a place or on a date. They do not establish what reached any particular property, and nothing here is insurance, legal or engineering advice.