Mississippi hail history

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Mississippi had hail reported on 274 days from 2016 to 2025, about 27 a year, and on 1,682 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 5.00″ (April 10, 1962). Rankin County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (43).

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.

Mississippi cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Mississippi since 2016

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

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, by month and week: Mississippi hail season

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

All Mississippi cities

Aberdeen Amory Baldwyn Batesville Bay St. Louis Biloxi Booneville Brandon Brookhaven Byram Canton Carthage Clarksdale Cleveland Clinton Columbia Columbus Corinth Crystal Springs D'Iberville Diamondhead Ellisville Florence Flowood Forest Fulton Gluckstadt Greenville Greenwood Grenada Gulfport Guntown Hattiesburg Hazlehurst Hernando Holly Springs Horn Lake Houston Indianola Iuka Jackson Kosciusko Laurel Leakesville Leland Long Beach Louisville Lucedale Madison Magee McComb Meridian Morton Moss Point Natchez New Albany Newton Ocean Springs Olive Branch Oxford Pascagoula Pass Christian Pearl Petal Philadelphia Picayune Pontotoc Poplarville Richland Ridgeland Ripley Saltillo Senatobia Southaven Starkville Tupelo Verona Vicksburg Water Valley Waveland Waynesboro West Point Wiggins Winona Yazoo City

Guides: How to check if it hailed at your address · Hail size chart and roof damage