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The data series 2009

Hail days by metro, 2009.

In 2009, 242 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 259 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 277 over the same span in 2008. Amarillo, TX led with 12 days, against its own mean of 7.2 for the span over 13 prior years of record. Savannah, GA was furthest above its own record, at 12 days against a mean of 2.6. 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.

242

Of 333 metros with a hail day

259

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

4.50in

Largest measured, 10 Feb, OK

Hail days by metro, 2009

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2009: 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 Amarillo, TX 12 +4.8 6 7.2 100% 12 of 12 days measured 1.75″ None detected
02 Savannah, GA 12 +9.4 11 2.6 100% 12 of 12 days measured 1.75″ None detected
03 Oklahoma City, OK 11 +5.1 8 5.9 100% 11 of 11 days measured 3.00″ None detected
04 North Charleston, SC 11 +6.1 16 4.9 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.75″ None detected
05 Lakewood, CO 10 +6.4 4 3.6 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.75″ None detected
06 Charleston, SC 10 +6.3 13 3.7 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Colorado Springs, CO 9 +0.4 5 8.6 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
08 Thornton, CO 9 +6.3 2 2.7 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
09 Broken Arrow, OK 9 +2.9 8 6.1 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.75″ None detected
10 Westminster, CO 9 +6.1 2 2.9 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
11 Chicago, IL 8 +5.3 5 2.7 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.00″ None detected
12 Tulsa, OK 8 +0.2 6 7.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.25″ None detected
13 Wichita, KS 8 +0.6 15 7.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.75″ None detected
14 Clarksville, TN 8 +6.3 2 1.7 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.25″ None detected
15 Paterson, NJ 8 +6.4 5 1.6 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
16 Greeley, CO 8 +5.6 1 2.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
17 Denver, CO 7 +2.2 2 4.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.50″ None detected
18 Lubbock, TX 7 +2.1 6 4.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
19 Fort Collins, CO 7 +4.3 2 2.7 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
20 Norman, OK 7 +2.3 11 4.7 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
21 Pompano Beach, FL 7 +4.6 7 2.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
22 Pueblo, CO 7 +3.3 3 3.7 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
23 Davie, FL 7 +2.4 11 4.6 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
24 Centennial, CO 7 +2.2 3 4.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 3.00″ None detected
25 Philadelphia, PA 6 +3.5 2 2.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
26 Austin, TX 6 +2.9 8 3.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 3.50″ None detected
27 Fort Worth, TX 6 +0.5 4 5.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
28 Atlanta, GA 6 +1.0 6 5.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
29 Cincinnati, OH 6 +3.1 3 2.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.25″ None detected
30 Lincoln, NE 6 +2.1 5 3.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
31 St. Louis, MO 6 +1.7 7 4.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
32 Chesapeake, VA 6 +3.4 4 2.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 3.00″ None detected
33 Port St. Lucie, FL 6 +5.1 3 0.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Des Moines, IA 6 +0.8 9 5.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 3.00″ None detected
35 Yonkers, NY 6 +4.5 6 1.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
36 Montgomery, AL 6 +3.5 1 2.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Fort Lauderdale, FL 6 +1.4 9 4.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
38 Murfreesboro, TN 6 +2.9 3 3.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
39 Hollywood, FL 6 +1.9 6 4.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.88″ None detected
40 Elizabeth, NJ 6 +4.0 6 2.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
41 Lewisville, TX 6 +2.8 3 3.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
42 Topeka, KS 6 +0.5 5 5.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
43 Arvada, CO 6 +3.1 3 2.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
44 Elgin, IL 6 +2.6 9 3.4 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
45 Jacksonville, FL 5 +0.7 9 4.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
46 Indianapolis, IN 5 +1.2 5 3.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
47 Washington, DC 5 +2.2 7 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
48 Miami, FL 5 +2.1 4 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
49 Minneapolis, MN 5 +0.8 5 4.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
50 Pittsburgh, PA 5 +1.5 1 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
51 Richmond, VA 5 +2.7 0 2.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
52 Huntsville, AL 5 +0.8 8 4.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
53 Hialeah, FL 5 +1.3 8 3.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
54 Little Rock, AR 5 +0.2 7 4.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
55 Tallahassee, FL 5 +2.5 2 2.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Knoxville, TN 5 +2.2 2 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
57 Newport News, VA 5 +3.9 2 1.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
58 Aurora, IL 5 +2.2 7 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
59 Pembroke Pines, FL 5 +1.7 7 3.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
60 Springfield, MO 5 −1.2 12 6.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.88″ None detected
61 Naperville, IL 5 +1.2 11 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
62 Coral Springs, FL 5 +3.2 6 1.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
63 Carrollton, TX 5 +2.5 3 2.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.88″ None detected
64 Round Rock, TX 5 +2.3 4 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.50″ None detected
65 Columbia, MO 5 +1.7 9 3.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
66 Lakeland, FL 5 +1.8 2 3.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
67 Tuscaloosa, AL 5 +1.1 5 3.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 New Braunfels, TX 5 +3.1 1 1.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.88″ None detected
69 Peoria, IL 5 +2.0 3 3.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
70 Sparks, NV 5 +4.1 2 0.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
71 Palm Coast, FL 5 +2.2 7 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
72 Albany, NY 5 +2.3 7 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
73 Davenport, IA 5 +1.1 9 3.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
74 Houston, TX 4 −0.9 5 4.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
75 San Antonio, TX 4 +0.7 0 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
76 Seattle, WA 4 +3.5 4 0.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.25″ None detected
77 Nashville, TN 4 ±0 2 4.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
78 Louisville, KY 4 +0.5 2 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
79 Tampa, FL 4 −0.2 8 4.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
80 Aurora, CO 4 +0.9 3 3.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.00″ None detected
81 Newark, NJ 4 +2.3 3 1.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
82 Greensboro, NC 4 +1.5 4 2.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
83 Madison, WI 4 +0.5 9 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
84 Reno, NV 4 +3.2 2 0.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
85 Irving, TX 4 +1.0 2 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
86 Norfolk, VA 4 +1.1 6 2.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
87 Baton Rouge, LA 4 +2.7 4 1.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
88 Birmingham, AL 4 −0.4 9 4.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
89 Akron, OH 4 +0.1 6 3.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
90 Denton, TX 4 +1.2 3 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
91 Joliet, IL 4 +0.7 4 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
92 Jackson, MS 4 −0.5 8 4.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
93 Columbia, SC 4 +0.9 6 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
94 Midland, TX 4 −0.2 3 4.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
95 Miramar, FL 4 +0.4 7 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
96 Warren, MI 4 +1.4 4 2.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
97 Cedar Rapids, IA 4 −0.6 14 4.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
98 Athens, GA 4 +1.1 3 2.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
99 College Station, TX 4 +2.1 3 1.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
100 Allentown, PA 4 +2.8 5 1.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
101 Rochester, MN 4 +1.2 5 2.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
102 Hartford, CT 4 +2.2 2 1.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
103 Odessa, TX 4 −0.1 4 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
104 Waterbury, CT 4 +2.6 4 1.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
105 Springfield, IL 4 +1.7 4 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
106 Beaumont, TX 4 +1.7 6 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
107 South Fulton, GA 4 +1.0 3 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
108 Miami Gardens, FL 4 −0.4 7 4.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
109 Conroe, TX 4 +1.9 0 2.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
110 Sandy Springs, GA 4 −1.2 5 5.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
111 Bend, OR 4 +2.5 3 1.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
112 Lee's Summit, MO 4 ±0 9 4.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
113 Wichita Falls, TX 4 −0.7 5 4.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
114 Fayetteville, AR 4 +0.6 8 3.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.00″ None detected
115 Suffolk, VA 4 +2.8 3 1.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
116 New York, NY 3 +2.0 3 1.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
117 Columbus, OH 3 −0.1 3 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
118 Omaha, NE 3 −4.2 9 7.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
119 Raleigh, NC 3 −1.6 7 4.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
120 Arlington, TX 3 +0.2 2 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
121 Orlando, FL 3 +0.9 4 2.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
122 Lexington-Fayette, KY 3 +1.3 1 1.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
123 St. Paul, MN 3 −1.3 3 4.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
124 Fort Wayne, IN 3 −0.2 9 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
125 Winston-Salem, NC 3 +0.4 2 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
126 Boise City, ID 3 +2.2 2 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
127 McKinney, TX 3 +0.5 5 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
128 Worcester, MA 3 +1.5 6 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
129 Overland Park, KS 3 −2.7 6 5.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.50″ None detected
130 Grand Rapids, MI 3 −0.1 6 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
131 Chattanooga, TN 3 −0.7 4 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
132 Kansas City, KS 3 −2.0 7 5.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
133 Bellevue, WA 3 +2.4 5 0.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
134 Olathe, KS 3 −1.4 7 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
135 McAllen, TX 3 +2.2 1 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
136 Gainesville, FL 3 +0.6 1 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
137 Syracuse, NY 3 +1.0 5 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
138 Dayton, OH 3 ±0 3 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
139 Meridian, ID 3 +2.2 3 0.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
140 Sterling Heights, MI 3 −0.2 6 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
141 West Palm Beach, FL 3 +1.5 1 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
142 Independence, MO 3 −0.7 9 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
143 Richardson, TX 3 −0.7 3 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
144 Nampa, ID 3 +2.3 1 0.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
145 Tyler, TX 3 −0.6 4 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
146 Concord, NC 3 +0.5 7 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
147 Boulder, CO 3 +1.2 0 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
148 Renton, WA 3 +2.3 4 0.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
149 Carmel, IN 3 +0.6 4 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
150 Dallas, TX 2 −1.8 1 3.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
151 Charlotte, NC 2 −1.2 3 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
152 El Paso, TX 2 +0.5 2 1.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
153 Portland, OR 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
154 Memphis, TN 2 −2.6 7 4.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
155 Baltimore, MD 2 ±0 6 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
156 Sacramento, CA 2 +1.8 0 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
157 Mesa, AZ 2 +0.7 1 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
158 Kansas City, MO 2 −3.7 10 5.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
159 Virginia Beach, VA 2 +0.4 2 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
160 Cleveland, OH 2 −0.9 4 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
161 Corpus Christi, TX 2 +1.7 1 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
162 Jersey City, NJ 2 +0.4 3 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
163 Plano, TX 2 −1.2 3 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
164 Toledo, OH 2 −1.4 5 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
165 Laredo, TX 2 +0.7 0 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
166 Garland, TX 2 −1.6 1 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
167 Grand Prairie, TX 2 −0.6 3 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
168 Brownsville, TX 2 +1.8 0 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
169 Mobile, AL 2 −0.1 4 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
170 Cary, NC 2 −1.5 7 3.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
171 Shreveport, LA 2 −3.8 10 5.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
172 Macon-Bibb County, GA 2 −1.9 9 3.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
173 Alexandria, VA 2 −0.5 4 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
174 Springfield, MA 2 −1.2 8 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
175 Pasadena, TX 2 −0.5 3 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
176 Rockford, IL 2 −0.4 4 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
177 Fargo, ND 2 −0.4 2 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
178 Abilene, TX 2 −2.9 5 4.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
179 Pearland, TX 2 +0.1 2 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
180 Wilmington, NC 2 −2.1 4 4.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
181 Lafayette, LA 2 −0.2 2 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
182 High Point, NC 2 −0.5 5 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
183 League City, TX 2 −0.2 5 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
184 Evansville, IN 2 −0.9 1 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
185 Las Cruces, NM 2 +1.2 0 0.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
186 Lowell, MA 2 +1.0 1 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
187 Lansing, MI 2 +0.1 8 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
188 Allen, TX 2 −1.6 4 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
189 Edinburg, TX 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
190 Fishers, IN 2 −0.8 5 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
191 South Bend, IN 2 −0.5 4 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
192 New Bedford, MA 2 +1.2 2 0.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
193 Phoenix, AZ 1 ±0 3 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
194 San Diego, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
195 Las Vegas, NV 1 +0.2 1 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
196 Boston, MA 1 +0.1 3 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
197 Detroit, MI 1 −1.8 2 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
198 Milwaukee, WI 1 −1.9 5 2.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
199 Fresno, CA 1 −0.1 0 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
200 Oakland, CA 1 +0.9 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
201 Anaheim, CA 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
202 Henderson, NV 1 +0.2 2 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
203 Durham, NC 1 −2.2 7 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
204 Buffalo, NY 1 −0.1 3 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
205 Cape Coral, FL 1 −1.6 6 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
206 San Bernardino, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
207 Tacoma, WA 1 +0.9 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
208 Fayetteville, NC 1 −1.5 3 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
209 Rochester, NY 1 −0.1 3 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
210 Sioux Falls, SD 1 −3.6 4 4.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
211 Columbus, GA 1 −2.5 2 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
212 Augusta, GA 1 −1.5 5 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
213 Vancouver, WA 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
214 Providence, RI 1 −0.5 4 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
215 Tempe, AZ 1 −0.5 2 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
216 Ontario, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
217 Escondido, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
218 Pomona, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
219 Visalia, CA 1 +0.4 2 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
220 Waco, TX 1 −1.8 4 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
221 Hampton, VA 1 −0.3 4 1.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
222 New Haven, CT 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
223 Kent, WA 1 +0.3 6 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
224 Santa Clara, CA 1 +0.9 2 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
225 Clovis, CA 1 −0.1 0 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
226 Concord, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
227 Billings, MT 1 −1.5 1 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
228 Berkeley, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
229 Cambridge, MA 1 −0.2 4 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
230 West Jordan, UT 1 −0.2 2 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
231 Richmond, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
232 Menifee, CA 1 +0.8 2 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
233 Murrieta, CA 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
234 Everett, WA 1 +0.5 2 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
235 Gresham, OR 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
236 Sugar Land, TX 1 −1.3 2 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
237 Dearborn, MI 1 −2.1 1 3.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
238 Green Bay, WI 1 −1.1 1 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
239 Brockton, MA 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
240 Rialto, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
241 Quincy, MA 1 +0.1 4 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
242 Chico, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected

The editions of 2009

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

  1. January 5 days
    • 5 measured
    • 77 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV
  2. February 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 1,580 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  3. March 23 days
    • 23 measured
    • 2,783 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  4. April 29 days
    • 29 measured
    • 6,645 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  5. May 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 6,581 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 12,720 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 7,534 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 4,182 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  9. September 25 days
    • 25 measured
    • 1,232 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  10. October 21 days
    • 21 measured
    • 294 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  11. November 6 days
    • 6 measured
    • 34 reports
    • 0.88″
    • CSV
  12. December 13 days
    • 13 measured
    • 90 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV

Against 2008

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

259 −18

Days with hail on record nationally

2008 277

259 −18

Days with a measured hail report

2008 277

43,752 −13,383

Hail reports, all sources

2008 57,135

3 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2008 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2009. Compiled 28 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2009

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 13 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.