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Edition 2013-08

Hail days by metro, August 2013.

In August 2013, 55 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, against 58 in August 2012. Colorado Springs, CO led with 4 days, against its own August mean of 1.7 over 16 prior years of record. Reno, NV was furthest above its own record, at 3 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 31 days with hail on record, against 28 a year earlier.

55

Of 333 metros with a hail day

31

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of metro hail days carried a measured report

4.25in

Largest measured, 3 Aug, MT

Hail days by metro, August 2013

Against each metro's own August on record

Hail days by metro, August 2013: 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 Colorado Springs, CO 4 +2.3 7 1.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
02 Reno, NV 3 +2.8 9 0.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
03 Chicago, IL 2 +1.6 5 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
04 Sparks, NV 2 +1.8 7 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
05 Bend, OR 2 +1.4 2 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
06 Indianapolis, IN 1 +0.8 4 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Tucson, AZ 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
08 Fresno, CA 1 +1.0 1 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
09 Raleigh, NC 1 +0.9 3 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
10 Virginia Beach, VA 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
11 Minneapolis, MN 1 +0.6 4 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
12 Tampa, FL 1 +0.2 4 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
13 Cincinnati, OH 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
14 St. Paul, MN 1 +0.3 4 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
15 Chandler, AZ 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
16 Gilbert, AZ 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
17 Buffalo, NY 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
18 Norfolk, VA 1 +0.9 1 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
19 Richmond, VA 1 +0.8 3 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
20 Huntsville, AL 1 +0.6 5 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
21 Tacoma, WA 1 +1.0 2 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
22 Hialeah, FL 1 +0.5 3 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
23 Salt Lake City, UT 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
24 Yonkers, NY 1 +0.3 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
25 Rochester, NY 1 +0.9 4 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
26 Sioux Falls, SD 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
27 Cary, NC 1 +0.9 3 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
28 Aurora, IL 1 +0.6 8 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
29 Pembroke Pines, FL 1 +0.4 4 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
30 Fort Collins, CO 1 +0.7 4 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
31 Springfield, MO 1 +0.7 6 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
32 Lakewood, CO 1 +0.4 1 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
33 Hollywood, FL 1 +0.3 3 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
34 Springfield, MA 1 +0.5 3 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
35 Joliet, IL 1 +0.7 5 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
36 Naperville, IL 1 +0.6 10 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
37 Miramar, FL 1 +0.4 2 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
38 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 +0.6 3 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
39 West Valley City, UT 1 +0.4 1 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
40 Fargo, ND 1 +0.7 2 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
41 Clovis, CA 1 +1.0 1 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
42 Rochester, MN 1 +0.3 4 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
43 Lakeland, FL 1 +0.9 3 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
44 Billings, MT 1 +0.9 2 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
45 Ann Arbor, MI 1 +0.8 4 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
46 Clearwater, FL 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
47 West Jordan, UT 1 +0.3 2 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
48 Elgin, IL 1 +0.3 6 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
49 Greeley, CO 1 +0.8 3 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
50 Pueblo, CO 1 +0.1 2 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
51 Miami Gardens, FL 1 +0.2 3 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
52 Davie, FL 1 +0.3 4 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
53 Centennial, CO 1 +0.1 1 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
54 South Bend, IN 1 +0.8 3 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
55 Carmel, IN 1 +0.8 3 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected

By state

The states by the hail days filed under each by its source, busiest first, with August 2012 beside it. The first 15 of 41; the rest are on their own pages.

  1. 01 Montana 21 days
    • 21 measured
    • 4.25″
    • 5 in August 2012
  2. 02 Colorado 21 days
    • 21 measured
    • 4.00″
    • 5 in August 2012
  3. 03 South Dakota 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 4.25″
    • 9 in August 2012
  4. 04 Wyoming 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 2 in August 2012
  5. 05 Minnesota 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 3.75″
    • 9 in August 2012
  6. 06 Nebraska 11 days
    • 11 measured
    • 2.75″
    • 11 in August 2012
  7. 07 Kansas 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 4.25″
    • 8 in August 2012
  8. 08 North Dakota 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 3.00″
    • 4 in August 2012
  9. 09 New Mexico 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 2.00″
    • 4 in August 2012
  10. 10 California 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 1.50″
    • 8 in August 2012
  11. 11 Michigan 9 days
    • 9 measured
    • 1.50″
    • 6 in August 2012
  12. 12 Illinois 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 6 in August 2012
  13. 13 Wisconsin 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 7 in August 2012
  14. 14 Oregon 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 1.75″
    • 1 in August 2012
  15. 15 Iowa 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 2.50″
    • 6 in August 2012

The busiest day of the month

Tuesday 6 August 2013

Hail reports
486
Sources
×3
Measured
4.25″
States
12

Against August 2012

The same month a year earlier, counted the same way; the August 2012 edition has the full table. Columbus, OH led then with 2 days.

55 −3

Metros with a hail day

August 2012 58

31 +3

Days with hail on record nationally

August 2012 28

31 +3

Days with a measured hail report

August 2012 28

3,817 +832

Hail reports, all sources

August 2012 2,985

Cite this edition

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, August 2013. Compiled 25 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2013/08

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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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, August, in each of the 16 prior years the record reaches, from 1997, 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 1997 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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