United States · July 29, 2025

Hail map — July 29, 2025

NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 7 cities across 4 states on July 29, 2025. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Des Moines, IA.

Hail swath map for Des Moines, IA on July 29, 2025 showing 1.00 inch hail.
Largest rendered swath of the day: Des Moines, IA 1.00″ hail. Each city below has its own map for this storm.
States hit
4
Cities hit
7
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 July 29, 2025

Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.

What people on the ground measured in the US on July 29, 2025

15 reports filed with the National Weather Service2 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.

  • 2.75 baseball size Public
    5 SW Kutch, CO3:41 PM MDTLincoln County

    Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.).

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    4 S Kutch, CO3:36 PM MDTLincoln County

    Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    4 SW Horton, MT4:33 PM MDTCuster County

    Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).

  • 1.75 golf ball size Public
    17 NE Volborg, MT5:42 PM MDTCuster County

    Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).

  • 1.75 golf ball size Trained Spotter
    17 ENE Volborg, MT5:49 PM MDTCuster County
  • 1.50 half dollar size Public
    5 SE Kutch, CO3:25 PM MDTLincoln County

    Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).

  • 1.50 half dollar size Public
    8 S Buffalo, WY5:25 PM MDTJohnson County

    Corrects previous hail report from 8 S Buffalo. Photo from social media. Time estimated from radar.

  • 1.50 half dollar size Public
    8 S Buffalo, WY5:42 PM MDTJohnson County

    Photo from social media. Time estimated from radar.

  • 1.25 half dollar size CO-OP Observer
    1 SE Wilsall, MT4:35 PM MDTPark County
  • 1.25 half dollar size Public
    2 SE Dwtn Spearfish, SD11:10 PM CDTLawrence County
  • 1.00 quarter size Public
    Beachton, GA2:13 PM EDTGrady County

    nickel to quarter size hail estimated. Started around 155 pm.

  • 1.00 quarter size Public
    9 WNW Monarch, MT12:26 PM MDTCascade County

    Facebook report of 1 inch hail in Tiger Butte.

  • 1.00 quarter size Trained Spotter
    5 NE Vernon, CO2:57 PM MDTYuma County

    Spotter reported hail ranging from pea to quarter in size. Not much of it fell.

  • 1.00 quarter size Public
    7 S Reliance, SD4:51 PM CDTLyman County

    Member of the public reports hail for about 20 minutes, with the largest being quarter sized. Time estimated by radar.

  • 1.00 quarter size Public
    9 S 4 Bears Lodge, ND4:55 PM CDTMountrail County

Showing the 15 largest of 32 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 July 29, 2025

NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 7 cities across 4 states on July 29, 2025. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Des Moines, IA. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.

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