Michigan hail history

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Michigan had hail reported on 209 days from 2016 to 2025, about 21 a year, and on 1,314 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 4.50″ (August 2, 2015). Marquette County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (24).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

Michigan cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Michigan since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in Michigan history

Michigan counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in Michigan, by month and week: Michigan hail season

Download every Michigan hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: Michigan storm report downloads

All Michigan cities

Adrian Albion Allegan Allen Park Alma Almont Alpena Ann Arbor Auburn Hills Bad Axe Battle Creek Bay City Belding Belleville Benton Harbor Berkley Beverly Hills Big Rapids Birmingham Blissfield Bloomfield Hills Boyne City Brighton Buchanan Burton Cadillac Caro Cedar Springs Center Line Charlotte Cheboygan Chelsea Clare Clawson Coldwater Coopersville Corunna Davison Dearborn Dearborn Heights Detroit DeWitt Dexter Dowagiac Dundee Durand East Grand Rapids East Lansing East Tawas Eastpointe Eaton Rapids Ecorse Escanaba Essexville Farmington Farmington Hills Fenton Ferndale Ferrysburg Flat Rock Flint Flushing Fowlerville Frankenmuth Franklin Fraser Fremont Garden City Gaylord Gibraltar Gladstone Gladwin Grand Blanc Grand Haven Grand Ledge Grand Rapids Grandville Greenville Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Woods Hamtramck Hancock Harper Woods Hastings Hazel Park Highland Park Hillsdale Holland Holly Houghton Howell Hudsonville Huntington Woods Imlay City Inkster Ionia Iron Mountain Iron River Ironwood Ishpeming Ithaca Jackson Kalamazoo Keego Harbor Kentwood Kingsford Lake Orion Lansing Lapeer Lathrup Village Lincoln Park Linden Livonia Lowell Ludington Madison Heights Manistee Marquette Marshall Marysville Mason Mattawan Melvindale Menominee Middleville Midland Milan Milford Monroe Mount Clemens Mount Morris Mount Pleasant Muskegon Muskegon Heights Negaunee New Baltimore New Haven Newaygo Niles North Muskegon Northville Norton Shores Norway Novi Oak Park Otsego Owosso Oxford Paw Paw Petoskey Plainwell Pleasant Ridge Plymouth Pontiac Port Huron Portage Portland Potterville Reed City Richmond River Rouge Riverview Rochester Rochester Hills Rockford Rockwood Rogers City Romeo Romulus Roosevelt Park Roseville Royal Oak Saginaw Saline Sandusky Sault Ste. Marie South Lyon Southfield Southgate Sparta Spring Lake Springfield St. Clair St. Clair Shores St. Johns St. Joseph St. Louis Sterling Heights Sturgis Swartz Creek Taylor Tecumseh Three Rivers Traverse City Trenton Troy Utica Vassar Vicksburg Village of Grosse Pointe Shores Walker Walled Lake Warren Wayland Wayne Westland Whitehall Williamston Wixom Wolverine Lake Woodhaven Wyandotte Wyoming Ypsilanti Zeeland

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