Wood River, Illinois hail history
151
Days with hail on record
83
Carried by two or more independent sources
151
Measured by a person or an instrument
3.00in
Largest measured, Mar 2024
What was searched
| Evidence | Sources | Record from | Reports within 10 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground observation | ×6 | 1996 | 690 |
| Radar detection | ×1 | When an address is run | None |
| Official NWS warning | ×1 | When an address is run | None |
| Federal declaration | ×1 | When an address is run | None |
Hail days by year in Wood River, IL
Measured Detected only 1.00″ or more
Each mark is one day with hail on record, placed where it fell in the year, and each opens the record for that day. A row with nothing on it is a year with nothing on record.
Best-attested hail storms near Wood River
Most sources first
| Date | Largest | Measured | Reports | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2010 | 2.25″ | 2.25″ | 8 | ×3 |
| 03 May 2026 | 2.00″ | 2.00″ | 18 | ×3 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 2.00″ | 2.00″ | 33 | ×3 |
| 30 Apr 2019 | 1.75″ | 1.75″ | 11 | ×3 |
| 02 Mar 2012 | 1.75″ | 1.75″ | 19 | ×3 |
| 25 May 2011 | 1.75″ | 1.75″ | 3 | ×3 |
| 10 May 2011 | 1.75″ | 1.75″ | 11 | ×3 |
| 03 Apr 2007 | 1.75″ | 1.75″ | 18 | ×3 |
Sources per hail day near Wood River
- One source
- 68
- Two
- 18
- Three or more
- 65
A day carried by one report is a report. A day that radar, an observer on the ground and a warning all describe is a storm, and it is the kind of day a file can rest on. Every report on these days keeps its own source.
- Wind days
- 172
- Tornado days
- 13
On record within the same 10 miles. Wind history for Wood River. A report for an address searches every family.
Largest hail recorded near Wood River, IL
Measured Detected, not measured
| Date | Size | Evidence | From centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2024 | 3.00″ | Ground observation | 6.1 mi SE |
| 15 Jun 2010 | 2.25″ | Ground observation | 8.7 mi SE |
| 15 Jun 2010 | 2.25″ | Ground observation | 9.2 mi SE |
| 15 Jun 2010 | 2.25″ | Ground observation | 8.7 mi SE |
| 15 Jun 2010 | 2.00″ | Ground observation | 9.2 mi SE |
| 14 Mar 2024 | 2.00″ | Ground observation | 6.1 mi SE |
| 14 Mar 2024 | 2.00″ | Ground observation | 4.8 mi SSE |
| 14 Mar 2024 | 2.00″ | Ground observation | 7.3 mi SE |
A roof has an age. The record has its days: roof age and hail exposure counts every hail day on record near an address since the year the roof went on.
Get the hail report for an address in Wood River, IL
Everything above is the record around Wood River: enough to know there is something to cite, and from where. None of it says what reached one roof.
Run the address and the same archive is searched at the property: the storm, the date, the measured size, the distance and bearing from the roof, and the federal record each figure came from, in a document that states its own method. Ready in minutes.
Questions about hail in Wood River, IL
How many hail days has Wood River, IL had on record?
151 days with hail within 10 miles of the centre of Wood River since 1996, 83 of them carried by two or more independent sources and 151 with hail measured by a person or an instrument.
When did it last hail in Wood River, IL?
The most recent hail on record near Wood River fell on 4 May 2026, with its largest report 0.75 inches, measured.
What is the largest hail measured near Wood River?
3.00 inches, measured on 14 March 2024, 6.1 miles SE of the centre of Wood River.
How do I get a hail report for an address in Wood River?
Enter the address on this page. The Titan Weather report is the paid document: it searches the same archive at the property and lists every hail report with its date, measured size, distance and bearing from the roof, and the federal source it came from. The calendar above this door is the same record for Wood River, free, without an address.
Hail history near Wood River
Within 30 miles of Wood River, nearest first. A storm that crossed one of these crossed the others, and their counts overlap.
- East Alton 2 mi 140 days
- Bethalto 3 mi 149 days
- Alton 5 mi 124 days
- Edwardsville 7 mi 148 days
- Glen Carbon 9 mi 150 days
- Granite City 10 mi 184 days
- Pontoon Beach 10 mi 158 days
- Godfrey 10 mi 111 days
How this page is made
- What counted
- Every hail report in the archive with a point within 10 miles of the Census centre of Wood River (38.8633, -90.0776). A hail day is a calendar date with at least one report: four sources describing one storm are one afternoon of hail, not four.
- Measured and detected
- A report from a person or an instrument is measured. A radar-derived size is a detection and is marked as one, here and in every document we issue. The two are never added together.
- Severe
- A day counts as severe when its largest report reached 1.00″, the National Weather Service criterion. Smaller hail is still on the record, and still on this page.
- What this is not
- Neighbouring places share reports, so counts are not exclusive. This page is the record around a place; it is not a report on any property, and it states no opinion about one.
- Terms used on this page
- Storm day, independent source, measured and detected: each term this page uses is defined in the glossary as the report prints it.
- Alerts
- The next storm day to enter the record near Wood River can be sent to your inbox, with the figures its page states and nothing about any roof.
- The record
- Searched from 1996 to today. Compiled 27 August 2026 and rebuilt daily as the archive deepens. 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.