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The data series 2016

Hail days by metro, 2016.

In 2016, 234 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 286 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 252 over the same span in 2015. Colorado Springs, CO led with 15 days, against its own mean of 8.5 for the span over 20 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.

234

Of 333 metros with a hail day

286

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

5.25in

Largest measured, 11 Apr, TX

Hail days by metro, 2016

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2016: 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 +6.6 15 8.5 100% 15 of 15 days measured 2.50″ None detected
02 Wichita, KS 11 +3.8 7 7.2 100% 11 of 11 days measured 2.00″ None detected
03 North Charleston, SC 11 +5.7 4 5.4 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.00″ None detected
04 Grand Rapids, MI 9 +4.3 3 4.8 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.00″ None detected
05 Cary, NC 9 +5.4 7 3.7 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.00″ None detected
06 Indianapolis, IN 8 +3.3 7 4.7 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
07 Raleigh, NC 8 +3.8 5 4.3 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
08 Olathe, KS 8 +3.7 4 4.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.50″ None detected
09 Phoenix, AZ 7 +5.5 3 1.5 100% 7 of 7 days measured 0.75″ None detected
10 San Antonio, TX 7 +3.0 4 4.1 100% 7 of 7 days measured 4.50″ None detected
11 Omaha, NE 7 −0.2 4 7.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
12 St. Louis, MO 7 +0.7 9 6.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
13 Amarillo, TX 7 +0.3 9 6.7 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
14 Overland Park, KS 7 +1.7 5 5.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.50″ None detected
15 Kansas City, KS 7 +2.2 2 4.9 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
16 Philadelphia, PA 6 +3.4 0 2.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
17 Fort Worth, TX 6 +1.0 2 5.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.50″ None detected
18 Denver, CO 6 +0.8 6 5.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
19 Minneapolis, MN 6 +1.2 3 4.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
20 Tulsa, OK 6 −1.0 1 7.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
21 St. Paul, MN 6 +1.4 3 4.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.50″ None detected
22 Lincoln, NE 6 +1.8 6 4.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 5.00″ None detected
23 Hialeah, FL 6 +1.3 7 4.7 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
24 Charleston, SC 6 +2.1 1 3.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
25 Jackson, MS 6 +1.4 5 4.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
26 Columbia, SC 6 +2.9 2 3.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.25″ None detected
27 Cedar Rapids, IA 6 +1.0 7 5.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.88″ None detected
28 Topeka, KS 6 +0.5 2 5.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.75″ None detected
29 Billings, MT 6 +3.4 7 2.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
30 Richardson, TX 6 +1.8 2 4.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 4.25″ None detected
31 Davie, FL 6 +1.0 6 5.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
32 Centennial, CO 6 +0.5 9 5.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
33 Carmel, IN 6 +2.5 4 3.5 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
34 Houston, TX 5 +1.0 3 4.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
35 Charlotte, NC 5 +1.5 3 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
36 Oklahoma City, OK 5 −1.0 3 6.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Washington, DC 5 +2.1 2 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
38 Milwaukee, WI 5 +1.7 6 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
39 Kansas City, MO 5 −0.6 2 5.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
40 Durham, NC 5 +2.2 4 2.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
41 Plano, TX 5 +1.5 2 3.5 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
42 Madison, WI 5 +1.2 2 3.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.20″ None detected
43 Glendale, AZ 5 +3.5 3 1.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.75″ None detected
44 Garland, TX 5 +1.1 2 3.9 100% 5 of 5 days measured 5.25″ None detected
45 Shreveport, LA 5 −0.4 3 5.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
46 Pembroke Pines, FL 5 +0.8 8 4.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
47 Alexandria, VA 5 +2.7 2 2.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
48 Pasadena, TX 5 +3.0 1 2.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
49 Midland, TX 5 +1.3 4 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
50 Round Rock, TX 5 +1.7 2 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 0.50″ None detected
51 Norman, OK 5 +0.3 4 4.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
52 Greeley, CO 5 +2.4 3 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
53 Lansing, MI 5 +2.3 2 2.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
54 Allen, TX 5 +1.2 2 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 5.25″ None detected
55 Miami Gardens, FL 5 +0.3 6 4.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Fishers, IN 5 +1.3 3 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
57 Lubbock, TX 4 −0.8 8 4.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
58 Toledo, OH 4 +0.6 2 3.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
59 Winston-Salem, NC 4 +1.6 2 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
60 Frisco, TX 4 +1.1 1 2.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
61 McKinney, TX 4 +1.3 1 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
62 Tempe, AZ 4 +2.4 3 1.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
63 Clarksville, TN 4 +1.8 2 2.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
64 Lakewood, CO 4 −0.0 4 4.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
65 Miramar, FL 4 −0.3 7 4.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
66 Abilene, TX 4 −0.3 7 4.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.50″ None detected
67 Arvada, CO 4 +0.6 4 3.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
68 Broken Arrow, OK 4 −1.7 2 5.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
69 Westminster, CO 4 +0.7 5 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
70 Tuscaloosa, AL 4 +0.3 1 3.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
71 Pueblo, CO 4 +0.0 7 4.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
72 Lee's Summit, MO 4 −0.3 3 4.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
73 Palm Coast, FL 4 +0.8 5 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
74 Davenport, IA 4 −1.1 5 5.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.88″ None detected
75 Jacksonville, FL 3 −1.9 6 4.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
76 Austin, TX 3 −0.5 4 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
77 Louisville, KY 3 −0.6 5 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
78 Memphis, TN 3 −1.3 2 4.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
79 Aurora, CO 3 −0.4 6 3.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
80 Lexington-Fayette, KY 3 +1.1 2 1.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
81 Greensboro, NC 3 +0.5 0 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
82 Irving, TX 3 −0.3 0 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
83 Scottsdale, AZ 3 +2.5 1 0.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
84 Richmond, VA 3 +0.5 1 2.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
85 Des Moines, IA 3 −2.3 4 5.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
86 Fayetteville, NC 3 +0.6 3 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
87 Salt Lake City, UT 3 +2.2 0 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
88 Montgomery, AL 3 +0.6 0 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
89 Akron, OH 3 −0.9 2 3.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
90 Springfield, MO 3 −3.3 4 6.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
91 Denton, TX 3 −0.2 3 3.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 4.00″ None detected
92 McAllen, TX 3 +1.8 2 1.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
93 Rockford, IL 3 −0.3 2 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
94 Thornton, CO 3 −0.0 3 3.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
95 Palm Bay, FL 3 +1.5 0 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
96 Coral Springs, FL 3 +0.8 3 2.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
97 Lewisville, TX 3 −0.5 0 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
98 Fargo, ND 3 +0.9 3 2.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
99 Columbia, MO 3 −1.7 3 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
100 Allentown, PA 3 +0.8 1 2.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
101 Wilmington, NC 3 −0.3 1 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
102 Lafayette, LA 3 +0.2 3 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
103 Independence, MO 3 −0.6 0 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
104 West Jordan, UT 3 +1.5 2 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
105 Carlsbad, CA 3 +2.7 1 0.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.25″ None detected
106 Elgin, IL 3 −1.0 4 4.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
107 Peoria, IL 3 −0.4 2 3.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
108 Concord, NC 3 +0.5 3 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
109 Sugar Land, TX 3 +1.0 2 2.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
110 Edinburg, TX 3 +1.9 1 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
111 Chicago, IL 2 −1.8 3 3.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
112 Nashville, TN 2 −2.5 5 4.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
113 Tucson, AZ 2 +0.2 5 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
114 Fresno, CA 2 +0.3 2 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
115 Mesa, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
116 Bakersfield, CA 2 +1.4 0 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
117 Arlington, TX 2 −0.9 2 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
118 Henderson, NV 2 +0.8 2 1.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
119 Cincinnati, OH 2 −1.5 4 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
120 Newark, NJ 2 +0.3 0 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
121 Pittsburgh, PA 2 −1.5 1 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
122 Chandler, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
123 Gilbert, AZ 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
124 Laredo, TX 2 +0.4 2 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
125 Chesapeake, VA 2 −0.3 0 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
126 Port St. Lucie, FL 2 +0.6 2 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
127 Norfolk, VA 2 −0.6 0 2.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
128 Rochester, NY 2 +0.8 0 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
129 Little Rock, AR 2 −3.2 5 5.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
130 Grand Prairie, TX 2 −0.5 2 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
131 Augusta, GA 2 −0.2 0 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
132 Birmingham, AL 2 −2.5 5 4.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
133 Chattanooga, TN 2 −1.4 1 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
134 Fort Collins, CO 2 −1.4 4 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
135 Oceanside, CA 2 +1.8 0 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
136 Paterson, NJ 2 +0.1 0 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
137 Hollywood, FL 2 −2.2 5 4.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
138 Joliet, IL 2 −2.3 4 4.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
139 Naperville, IL 2 −3.5 4 5.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
140 Escondido, CA 2 +1.7 1 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
141 Mesquite, TX 2 −0.2 3 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 4.00″ None detected
142 Elizabeth, NJ 2 +0.1 0 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
143 West Valley City, UT 2 +1.1 0 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
144 Carrollton, TX 2 −1.0 0 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
145 Pearland, TX 2 +0.1 4 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
146 Clovis, CA 2 +0.4 2 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
147 Rochester, MN 2 −1.1 4 3.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
148 Lakeland, FL 2 −1.3 4 3.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.70″ None detected
149 High Point, NC 2 −0.4 1 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
150 League City, TX 2 +0.1 1 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
151 Odessa, TX 2 −1.5 4 3.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
152 Evansville, IN 2 −1.0 2 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
153 Las Cruces, NM 2 +1.0 3 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
154 New Braunfels, TX 2 −0.2 2 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
155 Tyler, TX 2 −1.5 3 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
156 Conroe, TX 2 +0.1 0 1.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
157 Fayetteville, AR 2 −1.2 3 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
158 San Diego, CA 1 +0.6 3 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
159 Dallas, TX 1 −2.8 1 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
160 San Jose, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
161 Columbus, OH 1 −2.6 2 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
162 Seattle, WA 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
163 El Paso, TX 1 −0.8 5 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
164 Las Vegas, NV 1 −0.4 4 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
165 Boston, MA 1 −0.4 2 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
166 Detroit, MI 1 −1.3 1 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
167 Baltimore, MD 1 −1.5 2 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
168 Albuquerque, NM 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
169 Miami, FL 1 −2.5 5 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
170 Virginia Beach, VA 1 −0.6 1 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
171 Tampa, FL 1 −3.0 3 4.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
172 Anaheim, CA 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
173 Corpus Christi, TX 1 +0.3 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
174 Irvine, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
175 Santa Ana, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
176 Reno, NV 1 −1.3 8 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
177 Buffalo, NY 1 +0.1 0 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
178 Fort Wayne, IN 1 −3.1 8 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
179 Boise City, ID 1 −0.1 2 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
180 Spokane, WA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
181 Huntsville, AL 1 −3.8 1 4.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
182 San Bernardino, CA 1 +0.6 2 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
183 Fontana, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
184 Sioux Falls, SD 1 −2.6 2 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
185 Tallahassee, FL 1 −1.5 1 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
186 Columbus, GA 1 −2.1 1 3.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
187 Knoxville, TN 1 −2.1 1 3.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
188 Huntington Beach, CA 1 +0.9 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
189 Providence, RI 1 −0.4 0 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
190 Brownsville, TX 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
191 Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 −3.5 7 4.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
192 Mobile, AL 1 −1.0 2 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
193 Ontario, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
194 Aurora, IL 1 −3.2 3 4.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
195 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
196 Garden Grove, CA 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
197 Roseville, CA 1 +0.6 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
198 Surprise, AZ 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
199 Springfield, MA 1 −1.9 0 2.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
200 Gainesville, FL 1 −1.5 2 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
201 Syracuse, NY 1 −1.0 0 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
202 Pomona, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
203 Visalia, CA 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
204 Waco, TX 1 −1.6 1 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
205 Orange, CA 1 +0.6 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
206 Warren, MI 1 −1.8 1 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
207 Dayton, OH 1 −2.6 5 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
208 Meridian, ID 1 −0.2 2 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
209 Sterling Heights, MI 1 −2.5 0 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
210 Santa Clara, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
211 West Palm Beach, FL 1 −0.7 3 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
212 Ann Arbor, MI 1 −2.0 0 3.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
213 Cambridge, MA 1 −0.6 3 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
214 Nampa, ID 1 −0.1 3 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
215 Pompano Beach, FL 1 −1.8 4 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
216 Menifee, CA 1 +0.6 0 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
217 Provo, UT 1 +0.3 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
218 Springfield, IL 1 −1.9 3 2.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
219 Murrieta, CA 1 +0.7 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
220 Rio Rancho, NM 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
221 Sparks, NV 1 −1.3 8 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
222 Costa Mesa, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
223 Spokane Valley, WA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
224 Jurupa Valley, CA 1 +0.9 0 0.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
225 Boulder, CO 1 −0.7 1 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
226 Dearborn, MI 1 −1.6 2 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
227 St. George, UT 1 +0.8 0 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
228 Bend, OR 1 −0.8 0 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
229 Wichita Falls, TX 1 −2.9 1 3.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
230 Chico, CA 1 +0.5 0 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
231 Lynn, MA 1 −0.4 2 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
232 Albany, NY 1 −1.8 3 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
233 New Bedford, MA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
234 Suffolk, VA 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected

The editions of 2016

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

  1. January 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 319 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  2. February 14 days
    • 14 measured
    • 452 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  3. March 29 days
    • 29 measured
    • 3,320 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  4. April 29 days
    • 29 measured
    • 4,796 reports
    • 5.25″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 8,597 reports
    • 5.00″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 4,517 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 5,029 reports
    • 4.25″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 1,916 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  9. September 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 1,596 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  10. October 23 days
    • 23 measured
    • 688 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  11. November 14 days
    • 14 measured
    • 367 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  12. December 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 92 reports
    • 3.20″
    • CSV

Against 2015

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

286 +34

Days with hail on record nationally

2015 252

286 +34

Days with a measured hail report

2015 252

31,689 +169

Hail reports, all sources

2015 31,520

3 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2015 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2016. Compiled 26 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2016

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 20 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.