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Edition 2008-04

Hail days by metro, April 2008.

In April 2008, 74 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, against 78 in April 2007. Austin, TX led with 4 days, against its own April mean of 0.8 over 12 prior years of record. Cedar Rapids, IA was furthest above its own record, at 4 days against a mean of 0.3. 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 27 a year earlier.

74

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, 25 Apr, TX

Hail days by metro, April 2008

Against each metro's own April on record

Hail days by metro, April 2008: 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 April mean Measured share Largest measured Largest detected
01 Austin, TX 4 +3.3 4 0.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
02 Cedar Rapids, IA 4 +3.7 6 0.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
03 Kansas City, MO 3 +1.8 3 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
04 McKinney, TX 3 +2.6 4 0.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
05 Overland Park, KS 3 +1.8 3 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
06 Olathe, KS 3 +2.0 3 1.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
07 Round Rock, TX 3 +2.3 3 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
08 Independence, MO 3 +1.7 3 1.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
09 Wichita Falls, TX 3 +1.8 3 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
10 Fort Worth, TX 2 +0.6 3 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
11 Seattle, WA 2 +2.0 2 0.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
12 Memphis, TN 2 +0.7 4 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
13 Arlington, TX 2 +1.5 2 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
14 Wichita, KS 2 +0.7 5 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
15 Plano, TX 2 +1.5 3 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
16 Irving, TX 2 +1.3 2 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
17 Frisco, TX 2 +1.3 4 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
18 Des Moines, IA 2 +0.9 2 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
19 Little Rock, AR 2 +0.9 4 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
20 Grand Prairie, TX 2 +1.5 3 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
21 Birmingham, AL 2 +1.0 4 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
22 Grand Rapids, MI 2 +1.8 2 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
23 Waco, TX 2 +1.7 2 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
24 Jackson, MS 2 +0.8 5 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
25 Lewisville, TX 2 +1.3 3 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
26 Kent, WA 2 +1.9 3 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
27 Carrollton, TX 2 +1.6 3 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
28 Norman, OK 2 +1.2 5 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
29 Abilene, TX 2 +1.2 4 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
30 North Charleston, SC 2 +1.3 3 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
31 Richardson, TX 2 +1.4 3 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
32 Allen, TX 2 +1.5 4 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Lee's Summit, MO 2 +0.8 2 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Fayetteville, AR 2 +1.3 4 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
35 Davenport, IA 2 +1.5 4 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
36 Oklahoma City, OK 1 +0.3 4 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
37 Miami, FL 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
38 Tulsa, OK 1 −0.6 2 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
39 Tampa, FL 1 +0.8 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
40 St. Louis, MO 1 −0.3 3 1.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
41 Fort Wayne, IN 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
42 Winston-Salem, NC 1 +0.8 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
43 Hialeah, FL 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
44 Baton Rouge, LA 1 +0.8 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
45 Rochester, NY 1 +0.8 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
46 Montgomery, AL 1 +0.3 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
47 Cary, NC 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
48 Aurora, IL 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
49 Springfield, MO 1 −0.2 3 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
50 Denton, TX 1 +0.5 2 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
51 Charleston, SC 1 +0.5 3 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
52 Kansas City, KS 1 +0.1 1 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
53 Bellevue, WA 1 +1.0 3 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
54 Naperville, IL 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
55 Savannah, GA 1 +0.9 2 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
56 Rockford, IL 1 +0.3 2 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
57 Midland, TX 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
58 Palm Bay, FL 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
59 Dayton, OH 1 +0.4 1 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
60 Sterling Heights, MI 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
61 Columbia, MO 1 +0.5 4 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
62 Topeka, KS 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
63 College Station, TX 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
64 Wilmington, NC 1 +0.5 2 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
65 Lafayette, LA 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
66 Broken Arrow, OK 1 −0.2 4 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
67 High Point, NC 1 +0.8 2 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Odessa, TX 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
69 Elgin, IL 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
70 Lansing, MI 1 +0.9 2 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
71 Tuscaloosa, AL 1 −0.1 3 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
72 Everett, WA 1 +0.8 2 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
73 Tyler, TX 1 +0.3 3 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
74 Concord, NC 1 +0.8 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected

By state

The states by the hail days filed under each by its source, busiest first, with April 2007 beside it. The first 15 of 38; the rest are on their own pages.

  1. 01 Texas 13 days
    • 13 measured
    • 4.50″
    • 16 in April 2007
  2. 02 Kansas 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 4.25″
    • 6 in April 2007
  3. 03 Oklahoma 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 10 in April 2007
  4. 04 Missouri 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 6 in April 2007
  5. 05 Washington 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 0.25″
    • 3 in April 2007
  6. 06 Arkansas 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 6 in April 2007
  7. 07 Mississippi 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 6 in April 2007
  8. 08 North Carolina 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 4 in April 2007
  9. 09 Iowa 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 3 in April 2007
  10. 10 Illinois 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 7 in April 2007
  11. 11 South Carolina 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 5 in April 2007
  12. 12 Louisiana 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 2.50″
    • 6 in April 2007
  13. 13 Alabama 5 days
    • 5 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 5 in April 2007
  14. 14 Florida 5 days
    • 5 measured
    • 1.00″
    • 4 in April 2007
  15. 15 Nebraska 4 days
    • 4 measured
    • 4.25″
    • 6 in April 2007

The busiest day of the month

Wednesday 23 April 2008

Hail reports
819
Sources
×3
Measured
4.25″
States
10

Against April 2007

The same month a year earlier, counted the same way; the April 2007 edition has the full table. Fort Worth, TX led then with 3 days.

74 −4

Metros with a hail day

April 2007 78

29 +2

Days with hail on record nationally

April 2007 27

29 +2

Days with a measured hail report

April 2007 27

5,517 +469

Hail reports, all sources

April 2007 5,048

Cite this edition

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, April 2008. Compiled 26 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2008/04

Compiled 26 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, April, 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 26 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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