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The data series 2021

Hail days by metro, 2021.

In 2021, 231 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 268 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 243 over the same span in 2020. Scottsdale, AZ led with 8 days, against its own mean of 1.0 for the span over 25 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.

231

Of 333 metros with a hail day

268

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

7.00in

Largest measured, 4 Jun, ID

Hail days by metro, 2021

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2021: 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 Scottsdale, AZ 8 +7.0 3 1.0 100% 8 of 8 days measured 0.75″ None detected
02 Amarillo, TX 8 +1.2 6 6.8 100% 8 of 8 days measured 2.00″ None detected
03 Olathe, KS 7 +2.6 2 4.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
04 North Charleston, SC 7 +1.6 5 5.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
05 Richardson, TX 7 +3.0 1 4.0 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
06 New Braunfels, TX 7 +4.7 3 2.3 100% 7 of 7 days measured 2.00″ None detected
07 Palm Coast, FL 7 +3.8 4 3.2 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.50″ None detected
08 Phoenix, AZ 6 +3.8 2 2.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.75″ None detected
09 Mesa, AZ 6 +4.0 3 2.0 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.88″ None detected
10 Colorado Springs, CO 6 −2.6 6 8.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
11 Wichita, KS 6 −1.1 6 7.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
12 Plano, TX 6 +2.4 2 3.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
13 Gilbert, AZ 6 +3.9 3 2.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
14 Garland, TX 6 +2.2 1 3.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
15 Overland Park, KS 6 +0.8 2 5.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
16 Grand Rapids, MI 6 +0.9 5 5.1 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
17 Kansas City, KS 6 +1.1 4 4.9 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
18 Rochester, MN 6 +2.7 5 3.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
19 Odessa, TX 6 +2.4 6 3.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.50″ None detected
20 Allen, TX 6 +2.2 1 3.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 2.00″ None detected
21 Green Bay, WI 6 +3.7 1 2.3 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.75″ None detected
22 Wichita Falls, TX 6 +2.4 2 3.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 3.00″ None detected
23 Philadelphia, PA 5 +1.9 8 3.1 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
24 Irving, TX 5 +1.7 2 3.3 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
25 Grand Prairie, TX 5 +2.3 6 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
26 Tempe, AZ 5 +3.0 2 2.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
27 Mesquite, TX 5 +2.8 1 2.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.25″ None detected
28 Allentown, PA 5 +2.3 6 2.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
29 Carmel, IN 5 +1.3 4 3.7 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.00″ None detected
30 San Diego, CA 4 +3.4 2 0.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.50″ None detected
31 Dallas, TX 4 +0.4 1 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
32 Austin, TX 4 +0.4 5 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
33 Arlington, TX 4 +1.0 6 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
34 Pittsburgh, PA 4 +0.7 1 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
35 Jersey City, NJ 4 +2.5 2 1.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
36 St. Louis, MO 4 −2.7 4 6.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
37 Madison, WI 4 +0.1 3 3.9 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
38 Sioux Falls, SD 4 +0.5 1 3.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.50″ None detected
39 Birmingham, AL 4 −0.4 3 4.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
40 Denton, TX 4 +0.7 2 3.3 100% 4 of 4 days measured 4.00″ None detected
41 Thornton, CO 4 +0.8 2 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
42 Lewisville, TX 4 +0.3 3 3.7 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
43 Carrollton, TX 4 +1.0 3 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
44 Centennial, CO 4 −1.6 1 5.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.50″ None detected
45 El Cajon, CA 4 +3.5 1 0.5 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.50″ None detected
46 Fayetteville, AR 4 +0.9 3 3.1 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
47 New York, NY 3 +1.9 1 1.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
48 San Antonio, TX 3 −1.1 3 4.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 4.50″ None detected
49 Fort Worth, TX 3 −2.0 4 5.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 3.00″ None detected
50 Indianapolis, IN 3 −1.8 2 4.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
51 Washington, DC 3 −0.0 2 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
52 Baltimore, MD 3 +0.3 4 2.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
53 Tucson, AZ 3 +1.5 0 1.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
54 Atlanta, GA 3 −1.4 3 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
55 Omaha, NE 3 −3.6 3 6.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
56 Tulsa, OK 3 −3.6 5 6.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
57 St. Paul, MN 3 −1.6 3 4.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.50″ None detected
58 Chandler, AZ 3 +1.1 3 1.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
59 Fort Wayne, IN 3 −0.8 4 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
60 Lubbock, TX 3 −2.0 7 5.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
61 Glendale, AZ 3 +1.0 1 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
62 Frisco, TX 3 −0.3 3 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
63 McKinney, TX 3 −0.0 1 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
64 Des Moines, IA 3 −2.0 3 5.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 3.25″ None detected
65 Little Rock, AR 3 −1.7 3 4.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
66 Newport News, VA 3 +1.6 0 1.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Cary, NC 3 −0.7 2 3.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Shreveport, LA 3 −2.2 7 5.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
69 Springfield, MO 3 −3.0 8 6.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
70 Garden Grove, CA 3 +2.4 0 0.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.50″ None detected
71 Murfreesboro, TN 3 +0.0 0 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
72 Lakewood, CO 3 −1.0 1 4.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
73 Midland, TX 3 −0.8 2 3.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
74 Cedar Rapids, IA 3 −2.5 5 5.5 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
75 Elizabeth, NJ 3 +1.1 3 1.9 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
76 Columbia, MO 3 −1.4 4 4.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
77 Abilene, TX 3 −1.0 3 4.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
78 College Station, TX 3 +1.2 3 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
79 West Palm Beach, FL 3 +1.0 9 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
80 Lafayette, LA 3 +0.4 1 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
81 Independence, MO 3 −0.6 2 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
82 Broken Arrow, OK 3 −2.1 3 5.1 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
83 Manchester, NH 3 +1.7 4 1.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.50″ None detected
84 Lansing, MI 3 +0.2 1 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
85 Tuscaloosa, AL 3 −0.4 0 3.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
86 Tyler, TX 3 −0.3 2 3.3 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
87 Bend, OR 3 +1.3 1 1.7 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
88 Fishers, IN 3 −0.6 2 3.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
89 Houston, TX 2 −1.6 0 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
90 Jacksonville, FL 2 −2.7 4 4.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
91 Oklahoma City, OK 2 −4.1 6 6.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
92 Memphis, TN 2 −1.7 0 3.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
93 Milwaukee, WI 2 −1.2 1 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
94 Fresno, CA 2 +0.2 0 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
95 Sacramento, CA 2 +1.5 0 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.70″ None detected
96 Kansas City, MO 2 −3.6 5 5.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
97 Raleigh, NC 2 −2.1 4 4.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
98 Orlando, FL 2 −0.1 3 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
99 Riverside, CA 2 +1.8 1 0.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
100 Irvine, CA 2 +1.6 0 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
101 Santa Ana, CA 2 +1.5 0 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
102 Newark, NJ 2 +0.4 2 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
103 Greensboro, NC 2 −0.3 0 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 Durham, NC 2 −0.8 1 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
105 Chesapeake, VA 2 ±0 1 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
106 Winston-Salem, NC 2 −0.3 0 2.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
107 Norfolk, VA 2 −0.5 2 2.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
108 Huntsville, AL 2 −2.4 4 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
109 Cape Coral, FL 2 +0.2 1 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
110 Baton Rouge, LA 2 −0.1 3 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
111 Moreno Valley, CA 2 +1.6 1 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
112 Fayetteville, NC 2 −0.1 0 2.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
113 Salt Lake City, UT 2 +1.0 1 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
114 Yonkers, NY 2 +0.5 2 1.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
115 Knoxville, TN 2 −0.9 2 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
116 Huntington Beach, CA 2 +1.6 0 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
117 Chattanooga, TN 2 −0.9 0 2.9 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
118 Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 −2.1 4 4.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
119 Roseville, CA 2 +1.3 1 0.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
120 Paterson, NJ 2 +0.0 6 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
121 Charleston, SC 2 −2.1 4 4.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
122 Alexandria, VA 2 −0.6 2 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 4.60″ None detected
123 Rockford, IL 2 −1.4 4 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
124 Gainesville, FL 2 −0.2 0 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
125 Syracuse, NY 2 +0.2 1 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
126 Visalia, CA 2 +0.9 2 1.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
127 Jackson, MS 2 −2.4 3 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
128 Columbia, SC 2 −1.2 4 3.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
129 Fullerton, CA 2 +1.5 0 0.5 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
130 Orange, CA 2 +1.4 0 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
131 Hampton, VA 2 +0.8 1 1.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
132 Meridian, ID 2 +1.0 1 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
133 Fargo, ND 2 −0.4 2 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
134 Round Rock, TX 2 −1.6 3 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.50″ None detected
135 Norman, OK 2 −2.4 2 4.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 3.00″ None detected
136 Topeka, KS 2 −3.3 2 5.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
137 Wilmington, NC 2 −1.0 0 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
138 Billings, MT 2 −1.6 5 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
139 High Point, NC 2 −0.2 0 2.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
140 West Jordan, UT 2 +0.3 1 1.7 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
141 Westminster, CO 2 −1.3 0 3.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
142 Pompano Beach, FL 2 −0.6 5 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
143 Greeley, CO 2 −1.1 3 3.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
144 Murrieta, CA 2 +1.7 0 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
145 Temecula, CA 2 +1.9 0 0.1 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
146 Peoria, IL 2 −1.4 2 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
147 Buckeye, AZ 2 +1.7 2 0.3 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.25″ None detected
148 Costa Mesa, CA 2 +1.6 0 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.50″ None detected
149 Boulder, CO 2 −0.0 1 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
150 Sandy Springs, GA 2 −2.2 3 4.2 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.25″ None detected
151 Brockton, MA 2 +1.2 0 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
152 South Bend, IN 2 −0.8 0 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
153 Albany, NY 2 −0.6 1 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
154 Davenport, IA 2 −3.4 8 5.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
155 San Jose, CA 1 +0.2 2 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
156 Columbus, OH 1 −2.4 1 3.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
157 Denver, CO 1 −4.0 0 5.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
158 Nashville, TN 1 −3.2 2 4.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
159 El Paso, TX 1 −0.7 0 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
160 Boston, MA 1 −0.4 3 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
161 Louisville, KY 1 −2.3 1 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
162 Albuquerque, NM 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
163 Virginia Beach, VA 1 −0.6 1 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
164 Bakersfield, CA 1 +0.3 0 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
165 Aurora, CO 1 −2.6 1 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
166 Anaheim, CA 1 +0.4 0 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
167 Cincinnati, OH 1 −2.6 4 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
168 St. Petersburg, FL 1 −0.5 1 1.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
169 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 −0.4 3 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
170 Boise City, ID 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
171 Spokane, WA 1 +0.2 0 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
172 Fremont, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
173 Hialeah, FL 1 −3.6 2 4.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
174 Tallahassee, FL 1 −1.1 0 2.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
175 Columbus, GA 1 −1.6 2 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
176 Augusta, GA 1 −1.2 2 2.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
177 Peoria, AZ 1 +0.3 1 0.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
178 Providence, RI 1 −0.3 0 1.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
179 Ontario, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
180 Elk Grove, CA 1 +0.7 1 0.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
181 Aurora, IL 1 −3.2 5 4.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
182 Santa Rosa, CA 1 +0.6 2 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
183 Pembroke Pines, FL 1 −3.3 5 4.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
184 Fort Collins, CO 1 −2.3 2 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
185 Corona, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
186 Killeen, TX 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
187 Hollywood, FL 1 −2.8 2 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
188 Springfield, MA 1 −1.6 2 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
189 Sunnyvale, CA 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
190 Escondido, CA 1 +0.5 1 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
191 Savannah, GA 1 −2.5 1 3.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
192 Pasadena, TX 1 −1.0 1 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
193 McAllen, TX 1 −0.3 1 1.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
194 Waco, TX 1 −1.4 2 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
195 Miramar, FL 1 −3.3 4 4.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
196 Warren, MI 1 −1.5 2 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
197 Dayton, OH 1 −2.3 4 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.50″ None detected
198 New Haven, CT 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
199 Coral Springs, FL 1 −1.3 4 2.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
200 West Valley City, UT 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
201 Santa Clara, CA 1 +0.2 1 0.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
202 Athens, GA 1 −1.0 0 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
203 Clovis, CA 1 −0.8 0 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
204 Lakeland, FL 1 −1.8 1 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
205 Arvada, CO 1 −2.3 1 3.3 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
206 Hartford, CT 1 −0.6 1 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
207 Ann Arbor, MI 1 −1.7 1 2.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
208 Clearwater, FL 1 −0.4 1 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
209 League City, TX 1 −0.7 0 1.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
210 Evansville, IN 1 −1.8 1 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
211 Lowell, MA 1 −0.2 2 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
212 Nampa, ID 1 +0.0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
213 Carlsbad, CA 1 +0.5 0 0.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.50″ None detected
214 Menifee, CA 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
215 Elgin, IL 1 −2.9 1 3.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
216 Springfield, IL 1 −1.8 5 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
217 Goodyear, AZ 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
218 Pueblo, CO 1 −2.8 1 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.00″ None detected
219 South Fulton, GA 1 −1.4 0 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
220 Miami Gardens, FL 1 −3.7 3 4.7 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
221 Gresham, OR 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
222 Rio Rancho, NM 1 ±0 2 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
223 Concord, NC 1 −1.5 0 2.5 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
224 Downey, CA 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
225 Sugar Land, TX 1 −0.9 0 1.9 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
226 Jurupa Valley, CA 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.25″ None detected
227 Edinburg, TX 1 −0.2 1 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.70″ None detected
228 St. George, UT 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
229 Lee's Summit, MO 1 −3.1 1 4.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
230 Quincy, MA 1 −0.0 2 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
231 Suffolk, VA 1 −0.1 0 1.1 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected

The editions of 2021

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
    • 161 reports
    • 2.25″
    • CSV
  2. February 14 days
    • 14 measured
    • 173 reports
    • 2.00″
    • CSV
  3. March 25 days
    • 25 measured
    • 2,258 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  4. April 24 days
    • 24 measured
    • 3,567 reports
    • 6.42″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 4,686 reports
    • 5.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 3,513 reports
    • 7.00″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 2,619 reports
    • 4.30″
    • CSV
  8. August 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 2,504 reports
    • 4.60″
    • CSV
  9. September 28 days
    • 28 measured
    • 1,198 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  10. October 20 days
    • 20 measured
    • 422 reports
    • 3.00″
    • CSV
  11. November 8 days
    • 8 measured
    • 250 reports
    • 2.00″
    • CSV
  12. December 18 days
    • 18 measured
    • 463 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV

Against 2020

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

268 +25

Days with hail on record nationally

2020 243

268 +25

Days with a measured hail report

2020 243

21,814 −4,702

Hail reports, all sources

2020 26,516

4 +1

Independent sources carrying the hail

2020 3

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2021. Compiled 25 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2021

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 in each of the 25 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 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

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 spotters cover some areas better than others, sources revise their records, and recent reports can take weeks to arrive and settle. 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.

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.