Hail map — August 5, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 27 cities across 4 states on August 5, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Joliet, IL.
- States hit
- 4
- Cities hit
- 27
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on August 5, 2024
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on August 5, 2024
Showing the 24 largest of 27 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on August 5, 2024
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 3 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public5 S Polo, IL5:45 PM CDTOgle County
mPing report of 2 inch hail in Woosung.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public6 W Henry, SD2:04 AM CDTClark County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter2 SSW Florence, SD3:57 AM CDTCodington County
Quarter to golfball size hail. 3/4 mile wide crop damage.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Amateur Radio3 SE Westminster, NH1:57 PM EDTCheshire County
Reported by Amateur Radio.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 W Penrose, IL5:25 PM CDTWhiteside County
Corrects time of hail report from 1 W Penrose. Time estimated from radar.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 W Penrose, IL5:34 PM CDTWhiteside County
Report from mPING.
- 1.60″ half dollar size Public2 SE Sullivan, NH2:34 PM EDTCheshire County
Reported by Weather Spotter.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Amateur Radio2 E Hancock, NH3:00 PM EDTHillsborough County
Reported by Amateur Radio.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Trained Spotter2 SE Madelia, MN6:04 PM CDTWatonwan County
Delayed report, time estimated from radar.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter1 NE Nelson, NH2:40 PM EDTCheshire County
Half dollar-sized hail fell for almost 10 mins. Hail covered grassy areas and fractured a few car windows.
- 1.25″ half dollar size PublicLostine, OR4:27 PM PDTWallowa County
Social media report.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicHighland Park, IL6:25 AM CDTLake County
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicEdgewater - Chicago, IL7:07 AM CDTCook County
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 S Surry, NH2:22 PM EDTCheshire County
Delayed report. Time estimated by radar.
- 1.00″ quarter size Fire Dept/Rescue2 S Surry, NH2:26 PM EDTCheshire County
Showing the 15 largest of 27 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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US hail on August 5, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 27 cities across 4 states on August 5, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Joliet, IL. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.