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The data series 2013

Hail days by metro, 2013.

In 2013, 219 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 258 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 293 over the same span in 2012. Naperville, IL led with 15 days, against its own mean of 4.9 for the span over 17 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.

219

Of 333 metros with a hail day

258

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

5.90in

Largest measured, 31 May, OK

Hail days by metro, 2013

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2013: 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 Naperville, IL 15 +10.1 12 4.9 100% 15 of 15 days measured 2.00″ None detected
02 Aurora, IL 11 +7.2 10 3.8 100% 11 of 11 days measured 2.00″ None detected
03 Oklahoma City, OK 10 +3.9 4 6.1 100% 10 of 10 days measured 2.50″ None detected
04 Tulsa, OK 10 +2.5 2 7.5 100% 10 of 10 days measured 2.00″ None detected
05 Reno, NV 10 +8.7 3 1.4 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.50″ None detected
06 Grand Rapids, MI 9 +4.8 12 4.2 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Colorado Springs, CO 8 +0.1 4 7.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Joliet, IL 8 +4.1 7 3.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
09 Sparks, NV 8 +6.6 2 1.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.50″ None detected
10 Davenport, IA 8 +3.2 10 4.8 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
11 Chicago, IL 7 +3.4 8 3.6 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
12 San Antonio, TX 7 +3.2 10 3.8 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
13 St. Louis, MO 7 +1.1 13 5.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 0.75″ None detected
14 Little Rock, AR 7 +1.9 1 5.1 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
15 Norman, OK 7 +2.3 2 4.7 100% 7 of 7 days measured 3.00″ None detected
16 Broken Arrow, OK 7 +1.1 2 5.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
17 Elgin, IL 7 +3.1 3 3.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
18 Omaha, NE 6 −1.3 7 7.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.50″ None detected
19 Pittsburgh, PA 6 +2.2 8 3.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
20 Huntsville, AL 6 +1.1 7 4.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
21 Springfield, MO 6 −0.4 5 6.4 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
22 Rockford, IL 6 +3.0 5 3.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
23 Columbia, MO 6 +1.7 6 4.4 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
24 Allentown, PA 6 +3.9 4 2.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
25 Lansing, MI 6 +3.6 5 2.4 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
26 New Braunfels, TX 6 +4.0 0 2.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
27 Peoria, IL 6 +2.5 4 3.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
28 Austin, TX 5 +1.7 4 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
29 Indianapolis, IN 5 +0.7 5 4.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
30 Wichita, KS 5 −2.3 7 7.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
31 Des Moines, IA 5 −0.3 7 5.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
32 Shreveport, LA 5 −0.6 4 5.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Murfreesboro, TN 5 +1.5 8 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Charleston, SC 5 +0.9 4 4.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
35 Cedar Rapids, IA 5 −0.1 4 5.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
36 Sterling Heights, MI 5 +1.6 4 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
37 Topeka, KS 5 −0.7 6 5.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.25″ None detected
38 North Charleston, SC 5 −0.6 5 5.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
39 Everett, WA 5 +4.4 0 0.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.25″ None detected
40 Columbus, OH 4 +0.4 8 3.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
41 Charlotte, NC 4 +0.5 3 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
42 Kansas City, MO 4 −2.0 4 6.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
43 Miami, FL 4 +0.7 6 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Minneapolis, MN 4 −1.1 11 5.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
45 Tampa, FL 4 +0.1 5 3.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
46 Cleveland, OH 4 +0.8 1 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
47 St. Paul, MN 4 −0.9 11 4.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
48 Boise City, ID 4 +3.1 2 0.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
49 Rochester, NY 4 +2.9 0 1.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
50 Amarillo, TX 4 −2.8 7 6.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
51 Akron, OH 4 −0.1 3 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
52 Pembroke Pines, FL 4 +0.1 6 3.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
53 Fort Collins, CO 4 +0.8 2 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
54 Savannah, GA 4 +0.2 5 3.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
55 Warren, MI 4 +1.2 3 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Round Rock, TX 4 +0.8 5 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
57 Abilene, TX 4 −0.2 2 4.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
58 Pearland, TX 4 +2.3 1 1.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
59 Rochester, MN 4 +1.0 4 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
60 Ann Arbor, MI 4 +0.9 4 3.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
61 Davie, FL 4 −0.9 5 4.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
62 Palm Coast, FL 4 +0.9 4 3.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
63 Fort Worth, TX 3 −2.3 2 5.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
64 El Paso, TX 3 +1.5 1 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
65 Milwaukee, WI 3 −0.1 7 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
66 Albuquerque, NM 3 +1.4 1 1.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
67 Raleigh, NC 3 −1.5 6 4.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
68 Arlington, TX 3 +0.1 3 2.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
69 Henderson, NV 3 +1.8 2 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
70 Lincoln, NE 3 −1.2 3 4.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
71 Madison, WI 3 −1.1 4 4.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
72 Irving, TX 3 −0.5 5 3.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
73 Richmond, VA 3 +0.5 5 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
74 Frisco, TX 3 −0.1 7 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
75 Tacoma, WA 3 +2.5 3 0.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
76 Hialeah, FL 3 −1.4 10 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
77 Baton Rouge, LA 3 +1.1 4 1.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
78 Cary, NC 3 −0.7 5 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
79 Denton, TX 3 −0.3 4 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
80 Hollywood, FL 3 −1.1 3 4.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
81 Springfield, MA 3 −0.1 1 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
82 Syracuse, NY 3 +1.0 1 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
83 Jackson, MS 3 −1.7 5 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 4.25″ None detected
84 Meridian, ID 3 +1.9 3 1.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
85 Lewisville, TX 3 −0.9 7 3.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
86 Lakeland, FL 3 −0.3 3 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
87 Lafayette, LA 3 +0.2 5 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
88 Billings, MT 3 +0.7 0 2.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
89 Greeley, CO 3 +0.3 1 2.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
90 Beaumont, TX 3 +0.6 2 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
91 Tuscaloosa, AL 3 −1.1 4 4.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
92 Miami Gardens, FL 3 −1.7 9 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
93 Bend, OR 3 +1.3 2 1.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
94 Fishers, IN 3 −0.4 8 3.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
95 South Bend, IN 3 +0.4 4 2.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
96 Wichita Falls, TX 3 −1.2 0 4.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
97 Carmel, IN 3 −0.1 7 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
98 Houston, TX 2 −2.4 3 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
99 San Diego, CA 2 +1.8 0 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
100 Dallas, TX 2 −2.1 6 4.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
101 Jacksonville, FL 2 −2.8 9 4.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
102 Nashville, TN 2 −2.7 11 4.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
103 Las Vegas, NV 2 +0.8 3 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 Boston, MA 2 +0.7 4 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
105 Louisville, KY 2 −1.8 8 3.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
106 Baltimore, MD 2 −0.4 4 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
107 Greensboro, NC 2 −0.6 2 2.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
108 Chandler, AZ 2 +0.2 4 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
109 Gilbert, AZ 2 +0.2 4 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
110 Fort Wayne, IN 2 −1.9 6 3.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
111 Lubbock, TX 2 −2.9 6 4.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
112 Toledo, OH 2 −1.6 6 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
113 Laredo, TX 2 +0.4 5 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
114 McKinney, TX 2 −0.9 4 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
115 Grand Prairie, TX 2 −0.6 3 2.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
116 Knoxville, TN 2 −1.4 12 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
117 Overland Park, KS 2 −3.4 3 5.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
118 Birmingham, AL 2 −2.8 6 4.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
119 Chattanooga, TN 2 −1.8 4 3.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
120 Surprise, AZ 2 +1.7 1 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
121 Alexandria, VA 2 −0.5 1 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
122 Kansas City, KS 2 −3.2 4 5.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
123 Pasadena, TX 2 −0.2 1 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
124 Waco, TX 2 −0.7 2 2.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
125 Midland, TX 2 −1.9 1 3.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
126 Miramar, FL 2 −2.2 9 4.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
127 Dayton, OH 2 −1.6 7 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
128 Coral Springs, FL 2 −0.2 4 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
129 Fargo, ND 2 −0.2 1 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
130 Carrollton, TX 2 −1.3 5 3.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
131 Hartford, CT 2 ±0 2 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
132 Cambridge, MA 2 +0.5 4 1.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
133 League City, TX 2 ±0 2 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
134 Manchester, NH 2 +0.6 2 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
135 Evansville, IN 2 −1.1 7 3.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
136 West Jordan, UT 2 +0.6 0 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
137 Nampa, ID 2 +1.1 3 0.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
138 Carlsbad, CA 2 +1.9 0 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
139 Springfield, IL 2 −1.1 4 3.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
140 Pueblo, CO 2 −1.9 3 3.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
141 South Fulton, GA 2 −0.9 2 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
142 Tyler, TX 2 −1.7 4 3.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
143 Concord, NC 2 −0.5 0 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
144 Sugar Land, TX 2 −0.1 2 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
145 Conroe, TX 2 ±0 2 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
146 Green Bay, WI 2 −0.4 7 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
147 Lee's Summit, MO 2 −2.4 3 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
148 Lynn, MA 2 +0.6 4 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
149 Albany, NY 2 −0.8 2 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
150 New York, NY 1 −0.4 3 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
151 Phoenix, AZ 1 −0.4 1 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
152 Philadelphia, PA 1 −1.9 4 2.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
153 Seattle, WA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
154 Washington, DC 1 −2.1 3 3.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
155 Tucson, AZ 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
156 Fresno, CA 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
157 Mesa, AZ 1 −0.8 4 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
158 Atlanta, GA 1 −4.8 8 5.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
159 Virginia Beach, VA 1 −0.6 0 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
160 New Orleans, LA 1 +0.4 0 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
161 Orlando, FL 1 −1.4 1 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
162 Cincinnati, OH 1 −2.7 9 3.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
163 Newark, NJ 1 −0.9 2 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
164 Jersey City, NJ 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
165 Buffalo, NY 1 ±0 0 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
166 Chula Vista, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
167 St. Petersburg, FL 1 −0.9 0 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
168 Glendale, AZ 1 −0.5 1 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
169 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 −0.4 2 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
170 Scottsdale, AZ 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
171 Garland, TX 1 −3.2 7 4.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
172 Norfolk, VA 1 −1.8 0 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
173 Cape Coral, FL 1 −1.2 0 2.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
174 Salt Lake City, UT 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
175 Yonkers, NY 1 −0.9 2 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
176 Worcester, MA 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
177 Sioux Falls, SD 1 −2.8 0 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
178 Tallahassee, FL 1 −1.7 4 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
179 Columbus, GA 1 −2.5 4 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
180 Augusta, GA 1 −1.5 4 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
181 Peoria, AZ 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
182 Montgomery, AL 1 −1.7 2 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
183 Providence, RI 1 −0.6 2 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
184 Tempe, AZ 1 −0.6 2 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
185 Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 −3.7 5 4.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
186 Clarksville, TN 1 −1.5 6 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
187 Oceanside, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
188 Killeen, TX 1 −0.9 2 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
189 Lakewood, CO 1 −2.9 2 3.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
190 Bellevue, WA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
191 Olathe, KS 1 −3.3 3 4.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
192 Mesquite, TX 1 −1.3 4 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
193 McAllen, TX 1 −0.2 4 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
194 Gainesville, FL 1 −1.4 4 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
195 Visalia, CA 1 +0.2 3 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
196 Columbia, SC 1 −2.3 5 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
197 Elizabeth, NJ 1 −1.2 2 2.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
198 West Valley City, UT 1 ±0 0 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
199 Kent, WA 1 +0.1 1 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
200 Clovis, CA 1 −0.7 3 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
201 College Station, TX 1 −1.1 4 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
202 Independence, MO 1 −3.1 3 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
203 Richardson, TX 1 −3.6 9 4.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
204 High Point, NC 1 −1.5 3 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
205 Clearwater, FL 1 −0.8 0 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
206 Odessa, TX 1 −2.7 1 3.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
207 Lowell, MA 1 −0.1 2 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
208 Pompano Beach, FL 1 −1.8 5 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
209 Allen, TX 1 −3.1 7 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
210 Centennial, CO 1 −4.2 4 5.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
211 Boulder, CO 1 −0.8 0 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
212 Dearborn, MI 1 −1.8 2 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
213 Sandy Springs, GA 1 −4.5 5 5.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
214 St. George, UT 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
215 Renton, WA 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
216 El Cajon, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
217 Fayetteville, AR 1 −2.3 2 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
218 Quincy, MA 1 −0.1 1 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
219 Chico, CA 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected

The editions of 2013

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

  1. January 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 196 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV
  2. February 18 days
    • 18 measured
    • 701 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  3. March 20 days
    • 20 measured
    • 2,624 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  4. April 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 4,096 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 7,825 reports
    • 5.90″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 6,728 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 4,428 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 3,817 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  9. September 25 days
    • 25 measured
    • 1,346 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  10. October 19 days
    • 19 measured
    • 535 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  11. November 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 280 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  12. December 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 25 reports
    • 1.00″
    • CSV

Against 2012

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

258 −35

Days with hail on record nationally

2012 293

258 −35

Days with a measured hail report

2012 293

32,601 −13,148

Hail reports, all sources

2012 45,749

3 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2012 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2013. Compiled 26 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2013

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 in each of the 17 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
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