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The data series 2015

Hail days by metro, 2015.

In 2015, 232 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 252 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 253 over the same span in 2014. Colorado Springs, CO led with 15 days, against its own mean of 8.1 for the span over 19 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.

232

Of 333 metros with a hail day

252

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

6.00in

Largest measured, 19 Jun, SD

Hail days by metro, 2015

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2015: 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 Colorado Springs, CO 15 +6.9 12 8.1 100% 15 of 15 days measured 2.00″ None detected
02 St. Louis, MO 9 +2.8 10 6.2 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
03 Amarillo, TX 9 +2.5 5 6.5 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.00″ None detected
04 Centennial, CO 9 +3.7 11 5.3 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
05 Reno, NV 8 +6.1 4 2.0 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
06 Fort Wayne, IN 8 +4.1 5 3.9 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.00″ None detected
07 Lubbock, TX 8 +3.4 2 4.6 100% 8 of 8 days measured 4.50″ None detected
08 Pembroke Pines, FL 8 +4.0 7 4.1 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.00″ None detected
09 Sparks, NV 8 +6.1 5 2.0 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
10 Indianapolis, IN 7 +2.4 8 4.6 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
11 Wichita, KS 7 −0.2 8 7.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
12 Hialeah, FL 7 +2.5 8 4.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
13 Fort Lauderdale, FL 7 +2.6 3 4.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 0.88″ None detected
14 Cary, NC 7 +3.5 0 3.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.25″ None detected
15 Miramar, FL 7 +2.8 6 4.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.00″ None detected
16 Cedar Rapids, IA 7 +2.1 2 4.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
17 Abilene, TX 7 +2.9 3 4.1 100% 7 of 7 days measured 3.00″ None detected
18 Billings, MT 7 +4.6 3 2.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
19 Pueblo, CO 7 +3.2 4 3.8 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
20 Jacksonville, FL 6 +1.2 8 4.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
21 Denver, CO 6 +0.8 10 5.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
22 Milwaukee, WI 6 +2.8 6 3.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.25″ None detected
23 Aurora, CO 6 +2.7 6 3.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
24 Lincoln, NE 6 +1.8 5 4.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.50″ None detected
25 Miami Gardens, FL 6 +1.3 7 4.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
26 Davie, FL 6 +1.1 6 4.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
27 Nashville, TN 5 +0.6 2 4.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
28 El Paso, TX 5 +3.4 1 1.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
29 Louisville, KY 5 +1.5 1 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
30 Tucson, AZ 5 +3.4 0 1.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
31 Raleigh, NC 5 +0.8 0 4.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
32 Miami, FL 5 +1.6 4 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
33 Little Rock, AR 5 −0.2 5 5.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
34 Overland Park, KS 5 −0.4 8 5.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
35 Birmingham, AL 5 +0.5 1 4.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
36 Hollywood, FL 5 +0.9 6 4.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.75″ None detected
37 Jackson, MS 5 +0.4 5 4.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
38 Dayton, OH 5 +1.5 4 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
39 Westminster, CO 5 +1.8 4 3.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
40 Palm Coast, FL 5 +1.8 3 3.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
41 Davenport, IA 5 −0.1 7 5.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
42 San Antonio, TX 4 −0.0 5 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
43 Austin, TX 4 +0.5 5 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
44 Las Vegas, NV 4 +2.7 2 1.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
45 Omaha, NE 4 −3.3 9 7.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
46 Cincinnati, OH 4 +0.5 3 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
47 Durham, NC 4 +1.2 1 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
48 Baton Rouge, LA 4 +2.0 4 2.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
49 Des Moines, IA 4 −1.3 6 5.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
50 Fort Collins, CO 4 +0.7 4 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
51 Springfield, MO 4 −2.4 7 6.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
52 Lakewood, CO 4 −0.0 10 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
53 Joliet, IL 4 −0.3 7 4.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 4.75″ None detected
54 Naperville, IL 4 −1.5 7 5.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
55 Savannah, GA 4 +0.0 7 4.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Olathe, KS 4 −0.4 8 4.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
57 Midland, TX 4 +0.3 2 3.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
58 Norman, OK 4 −0.7 2 4.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
59 Pearland, TX 4 +2.3 0 1.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
60 Rochester, MN 4 +1.0 3 3.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
61 Lakeland, FL 4 +0.7 3 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
62 North Charleston, SC 4 −1.4 3 5.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
63 Arvada, CO 4 +0.7 7 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
64 Odessa, TX 4 +0.5 3 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
65 Pompano Beach, FL 4 +1.3 3 2.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
66 Elgin, IL 4 ±0 2 4.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Carmel, IN 4 +0.5 10 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Chicago, IL 3 −0.8 5 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
69 Houston, TX 3 −1.0 0 4.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
70 Phoenix, AZ 3 +1.6 2 1.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
71 San Diego, CA 3 +2.7 0 0.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
72 Charlotte, NC 3 −0.5 3 3.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
73 Oklahoma City, OK 3 −3.2 4 6.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.50″ None detected
74 Minneapolis, MN 3 −1.9 3 4.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
75 Tampa, FL 3 −1.0 5 4.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
76 St. Paul, MN 3 −1.7 2 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
77 Chula Vista, CA 3 +2.9 0 0.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
78 Glendale, AZ 3 +1.5 2 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
79 Fayetteville, NC 3 +0.7 3 2.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
80 Grand Rapids, MI 3 −1.8 11 4.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
81 Tempe, AZ 3 +1.4 2 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
82 Shreveport, LA 3 −2.5 5 5.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
83 Aurora, IL 3 −1.2 4 4.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
84 Murfreesboro, TN 3 −0.4 1 3.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
85 Denton, TX 3 −0.2 2 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
86 Mesquite, TX 3 +0.8 1 2.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
87 Thornton, CO 3 −0.0 3 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
88 Coral Springs, FL 3 +0.8 2 2.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
89 Fargo, ND 3 +0.9 1 2.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
90 Columbia, MO 3 −1.7 10 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
91 College Station, TX 3 +1.1 0 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
92 West Palm Beach, FL 3 +1.4 3 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
93 Lafayette, LA 3 +0.2 3 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
94 Cambridge, MA 3 +1.5 1 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
95 Las Cruces, NM 3 +2.1 1 0.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
96 Nampa, ID 3 +2.1 0 1.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
97 Greeley, CO 3 +0.4 1 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
98 Springfield, IL 3 +0.1 0 2.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
99 Everett, WA 3 +2.2 1 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
100 Tyler, TX 3 −0.6 4 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
101 Concord, NC 3 +0.5 3 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
102 Lee's Summit, MO 3 −1.4 6 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
103 Fishers, IN 3 −0.8 11 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 South Bend, IN 3 +0.3 4 2.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
105 El Cajon, CA 3 +2.7 0 0.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
106 Fayetteville, AR 3 −0.2 4 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
107 Albany, NY 3 +0.2 3 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
108 Fort Worth, TX 2 −3.2 4 5.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
109 Columbus, OH 2 −1.6 3 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
110 Washington, DC 2 −1.0 3 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
111 Boston, MA 2 +0.7 1 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
112 Memphis, TN 2 −2.4 2 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
113 Baltimore, MD 2 −0.5 5 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
114 Fresno, CA 2 +0.3 1 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
115 Mesa, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
116 Atlanta, GA 2 −3.3 1 5.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
117 Kansas City, MO 2 −3.8 4 5.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
118 Arlington, TX 2 −0.9 2 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
119 Henderson, NV 2 +0.8 0 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
120 Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 +0.1 4 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
121 Plano, TX 2 −1.5 3 3.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
122 Madison, WI 2 −2.0 3 4.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
123 Chandler, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
124 Gilbert, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
125 Toledo, OH 2 −1.4 2 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
126 Laredo, TX 2 +0.4 1 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
127 Winston-Salem, NC 2 −0.4 2 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
128 Port St. Lucie, FL 2 +0.7 0 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
129 Garland, TX 2 −2.0 3 4.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
130 Boise City, ID 2 +0.9 1 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
131 Cape Coral, FL 2 −0.1 1 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
132 San Bernardino, CA 2 +1.6 0 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
133 Worcester, MA 2 +0.2 3 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
134 Sioux Falls, SD 2 −1.7 4 3.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
135 Grand Prairie, TX 2 −0.6 2 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
136 Akron, OH 2 −2.0 3 4.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
137 Mobile, AL 2 −0.0 4 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
138 Clarksville, TN 2 −0.3 0 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
139 Garden Grove, CA 2 +1.7 0 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
140 Palmdale, CA 2 +1.8 1 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
141 Alexandria, VA 2 −0.4 1 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
142 Kansas City, KS 2 −3.0 4 5.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.25″ None detected
143 McAllen, TX 2 +0.8 1 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
144 Rockford, IL 2 −1.3 6 3.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
145 Gainesville, FL 2 −0.6 7 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
146 Columbia, SC 2 −1.2 4 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
147 Victorville, CA 2 +1.7 0 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
148 Meridian, ID 2 +0.8 1 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
149 Round Rock, TX 2 −1.4 7 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
150 Clovis, CA 2 +0.4 1 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
151 Topeka, KS 2 −3.6 5 5.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
152 Broken Arrow, OK 2 −3.8 4 5.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
153 Richardson, TX 2 −2.3 3 4.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
154 Evansville, IN 2 −1.0 3 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
155 West Jordan, UT 2 +0.5 2 1.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
156 Beaumont, TX 2 −0.4 3 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
157 Lansing, MI 2 −0.8 6 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
158 Allen, TX 2 −1.9 3 3.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
159 New Braunfels, TX 2 −0.2 2 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
160 Peoria, IL 2 −1.5 1 3.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
161 Sugar Land, TX 2 −0.0 2 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
162 Dearborn, MI 2 −0.6 1 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
163 Sandy Springs, GA 2 −3.1 2 5.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
164 Green Bay, WI 2 −0.3 1 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
165 Quincy, MA 2 +1.0 1 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
166 Lynn, MA 2 +0.6 1 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
167 Hesperia, CA 2 +1.8 0 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
168 Dallas, TX 1 −3.0 3 4.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
169 San Jose, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
170 Seattle, WA 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
171 Detroit, MI 1 −1.4 2 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
172 Albuquerque, NM 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
173 Virginia Beach, VA 1 −0.7 3 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
174 Tulsa, OK 1 −6.4 3 7.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 4.25″ None detected
175 New Orleans, LA 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
176 Cleveland, OH 1 −2.2 2 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
177 Anaheim, CA 1 +0.5 0 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
178 Stockton, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
179 Corpus Christi, TX 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
180 Irvine, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
181 Santa Ana, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
182 Pittsburgh, PA 1 −2.7 0 3.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
183 North Las Vegas, NV 1 +0.1 0 0.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
184 St. Petersburg, FL 1 −0.7 0 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
185 Scottsdale, AZ 1 +0.5 2 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
186 Richmond, VA 1 −1.5 2 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
187 Fremont, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
188 Huntsville, AL 1 −4.0 5 5.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
189 Frisco, TX 1 −2.0 1 3.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
190 McKinney, TX 1 −1.8 3 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
191 Tallahassee, FL 1 −1.6 3 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
192 Columbus, GA 1 −2.2 0 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
193 Peoria, AZ 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
194 Knoxville, TN 1 −2.2 2 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
195 Huntington Beach, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
196 Chattanooga, TN 1 −2.5 0 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
197 Newport News, VA 1 −0.5 3 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
198 Santa Rosa, CA 1 +0.8 2 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
199 Lancaster, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
200 Killeen, TX 1 −0.9 3 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
201 Roseville, CA 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
202 Surprise, AZ 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
203 Macon-Bibb County, GA 1 −2.2 0 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
204 Hayward, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
205 Charleston, SC 1 −3.1 3 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
206 Escondido, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
207 Pasadena, TX 1 −1.1 0 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
208 Visalia, CA 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
209 Waco, TX 1 −1.7 3 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
210 Fullerton, CA 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
211 Orange, CA 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
212 Warren, MI 1 −1.9 3 2.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
213 Allentown, PA 1 −1.3 3 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
214 Vallejo, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
215 Wilmington, NC 1 −2.4 1 3.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
216 Fairfield, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
217 Antioch, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
218 High Point, NC 1 −1.4 3 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
219 League City, TX 1 −1.0 1 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
220 Lowell, MA 1 −0.2 2 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
221 Carlsbad, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
222 Tuscaloosa, AL 1 −2.8 0 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
223 South Fulton, GA 1 −1.7 0 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
224 Temecula, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
225 Rio Rancho, NM 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
226 Costa Mesa, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
227 Boulder, CO 1 −0.7 1 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
228 Edinburg, TX 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
229 Brockton, MA 1 +0.1 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
230 Wichita Falls, TX 1 −3.1 3 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
231 Vacaville, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
232 Suffolk, VA 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected

The editions of 2015

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

  1. January 3 days
    • 3 measured
    • 4 reports
    • 0.50″
    • CSV
  2. February 10 days
    • 10 measured
    • 37 reports
    • 1.00″
    • CSV
  3. March 17 days
    • 17 measured
    • 1,703 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  4. April 28 days
    • 28 measured
    • 6,937 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 4,920 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 8,012 reports
    • 6.00″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 3,670 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 3,406 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  9. September 23 days
    • 23 measured
    • 1,583 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  10. October 20 days
    • 20 measured
    • 567 reports
    • 2.50″
    • CSV
  11. November 13 days
    • 13 measured
    • 333 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  12. December 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 348 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV

Against 2014

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

252 −1

Days with hail on record nationally

2014 253

252 −1

Days with a measured hail report

2014 253

31,520 −2,153

Hail reports, all sources

2014 33,673

3 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2014 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2015. Compiled 26 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2015

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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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 19 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

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.