Wisconsin · April 18, 2025

Wisconsin hail map — April 18, 2025

NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 2 Wisconsin cities on April 18, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Fitchburg.

Hail swath map for Fitchburg, WI on April 18, 2025 showing 1.50 inch hail.
Swath over Fitchburg on April 18, 20251.50″ hail. Each city below has its own map for this storm.
Cities hit
2
in Wisconsin
Largest stone
1.50
half dollar size
Impact rating
5/10
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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What people on the ground measured in Wisconsin on April 18, 2025

12 reports filed with the National Weather Service4 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
    3 W Platteville, WI5:57 AM CDTGrant County
  • 2.75 baseball size Public
    4 SW Brooklyn, WI6:45 AM CDTGreen County

    Measuring Baseball sized hail as of 6:45 with very gusty winds as well.

  • 2.75 baseball size NWS Employee
    1 W Evansville, WI7:00 AM CDTRock County

    Photo sent by relative on NWS employee.

  • 2.75 baseball size Public
    4 W Edgerton, WI7:02 AM CDTRock County
  • 2.75 baseball size Trained Spotter
    Edgerton, WI7:10 AM CDTRock County
  • 2.50 hen egg size Public
    4 E Belmont, WI6:01 AM CDTLafayette County

    Measured tennis ball size hail as of 6:00am with wind gusts measured on home weather station of 68.2mph!.

  • 2.50 hen egg size Public
    1 W Platteville, WI6:26 AM CDTGrant County
  • 2.50 hen egg size Public
    Edgerton, WI7:08 AM CDTRock County
  • 2.50 hen egg size Trained Spotter
    2 E Edgerton, WI7:14 AM CDTDane County

    Tennis ball sized hail falling as of 7:12 am with damage to vehicles.

  • 2.25 hen egg size Trained Spotter
    1 NE Albany, WI6:55 AM CDTGreen County

    Relayed by WKOW. Size estimated via picture.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    1 NW Platteville, WI5:55 AM CDTGrant County

    Relayed via social media.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    4 E Tennyson, WI5:55 AM CDTGrant County

Showing the 12 largest of 109 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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Wisconsin hail on April 18, 2025

NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 2 Wisconsin cities that day. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Fitchburg. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.

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