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County hail rankings
How 870 counties in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Colorado compare, from NOAA storm reports since 2010. Each table shows the top 50; click any column header to re-sort.
Most hail reports
Counties with the most hail reports filed since 2010.
Most 2-inch-plus hail
Hen-egg size (2") and larger — the stones that break windows and shred siding.
Largest hail on record
The single biggest hailstone reported in each county.
Most storm days per year
Average days a year with at least one hail or severe wind report.
| Pennington County | SD | 966 | 108 | 4.5" | 19.4 |
| Meade County | SD | 445 | 54 | 4.5" | 14.9 |
| El Paso County | CO | 1,039 | 78 | 4" | 14.3 |
| Sedgwick County | KS | 568 | 39 | 7.75" | 13.5 |
| Yuma County | CO | 465 | 65 | 5.25" | 13.4 |
| Sherman County | KS | 331 | 40 | 4" | 13.3 |
| Kit Carson County | CO | 399 | 44 | 4.83" | 13.3 |
| Lincoln County | NE | 473 | 65 | 4.25" | 13 |
| Custer County | SD | 405 | 36 | 4.25" | 12.9 |
| Weld County | CO | 576 | 64 | 4.25" | 12.9 |
| Cherry County | NE | 433 | 46 | 5" | 12.5 |
| Greene County | MO | 287 | 8 | 4.75" | 12.3 |
| Tarrant County | TX | 683 | 82 | 5" | 12.1 |
| Oklahoma County | OK | 561 | 56 | 4.25" | 12.1 |
| Tulsa County | OK | 437 | 17 | 4.25" | 11.8 |
| Butler County | KS | 359 | 19 | 5" | 11.1 |
| Lubbock County | TX | 161 | 25 | 4.5" | 10.9 |
| Comanche County | OK | 325 | 47 | 4" | 10.8 |
| Jackson County | SD | 133 | 14 | 4.5" | 10.8 |
| Ford County | KS | 325 | 40 | 5" | 10.6 |
| Custer County | NE | 352 | 38 | 3" | 10.6 |
| Dallas County | TX | 359 | 49 | 4.25" | 10.5 |
| Potter County | TX | 284 | 27 | 3" | 10.5 |
| Oglala Lakota County | SD | 190 | 21 | 4.25" | 10.5 |
| Logan County | KS | 221 | 20 | 4.25" | 10.4 |
| Fall River County | SD | 214 | 30 | 4.25" | 10.2 |
| St. Louis County | MO | 284 | 27 | 4.5" | 10.1 |
| Denton County | TX | 533 | 77 | 5.9" | 10 |
| Lawrence County | SD | 309 | 17 | 4.5" | 9.7 |
| Finney County | KS | 166 | 27 | 4.25" | 9.6 |
| Thomas County | KS | 226 | 36 | 4.25" | 9.5 |
| Texas County | OK | 217 | 19 | 4" | 9.5 |
| Sheridan County | NE | 281 | 31 | 4" | 9.5 |
| Washington County | CO | 293 | 68 | 4.5" | 9.4 |
| Cheyenne County | CO | 192 | 19 | 4" | 9.4 |
| Harding County | SD | 207 | 30 | 4.25" | 9.3 |
| Smith County | TX | 168 | 12 | 3.25" | 9.2 |
| Ellis County | KS | 233 | 26 | 4" | 9.1 |
| Rawlins County | KS | 206 | 18 | 4" | 9.1 |
| Grady County | OK | 240 | 44 | 3.75" | 9.1 |
| Osage County | OK | 152 | 12 | 4.25" | 9.1 |
| Randall County | TX | 324 | 26 | 4" | 9 |
| Collin County | TX | 403 | 71 | 5.25" | 8.9 |
| Harris County | TX | 195 | 16 | 2.75" | 8.9 |
| Cleveland County | OK | 454 | 60 | 4.6" | 8.8 |
| Caddo County | OK | 198 | 18 | 3.5" | 8.8 |
| McCurtain County | OK | 128 | 9 | 4.25" | 8.8 |
| Logan County | CO | 279 | 55 | 4" | 8.8 |
| Jackson County | MO | 247 | 18 | 5.5" | 8.6 |
| Jasper County | MO | 139 | 11 | 3" | 8.6 |
Report counts depend partly on population — busy metro counties get more storms reported than empty rangeland with the same weather. Read these as “where hail gets reported most”. See about the data for the limits.