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In 1979, 1,303 hail, 2,042 damaging-wind and 855 tornado reports logged on 245 storm days. The largest reported hail was 4.50″, and the most hail reports came on June 21, 1979 (47).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology
J: 5 F: 31 M: 76 A: 141 M: 213 J: 319 J: 206 A: 224 S: 34 O: 50 N: 4 D: 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D max 319 Hail reports by month, 1979
Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
Months: January February March April May June July August September October November December
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Day Hail Wind Tornado Largest hail States
Dec 24, 1979 0 2 0 – 2 Dec 23, 1979 0 10 2 – 3 Dec 6, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Nov 28, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Nov 26, 1979 0 12 4 – 5 Nov 25, 1979 0 7 9 – 6 Nov 21, 1979 0 0 2 – 1 Nov 20, 1979 0 5 1 – 1 Nov 19, 1979 3 2 0 1.75″ 1 Nov 11, 1979 0 0 2 – 2 Nov 10, 1979 0 0 1 – 1 Nov 9, 1979 0 3 1 – 2 Nov 8, 1979 1 0 1 0.75″ 1 Nov 7, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Oct 31, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Oct 30, 1979 1 32 13 1.75″ 6 Oct 29, 1979 6 6 1 1.75″ 2 Oct 28, 1979 0 2 0 – 1 Oct 25, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Oct 22, 1979 0 5 4 – 7 Oct 21, 1979 11 25 6 2.75″ 6 Oct 18, 1979 6 3 3 3.50″ 5 Oct 16, 1979 4 0 0 1.25″ 1 Oct 15, 1979 2 3 1 1.75″ 1 Oct 11, 1979 0 0 1 – 1 Oct 8, 1979 3 1 0 1.50″ 2 Oct 6, 1979 0 4 2 – 5 Oct 5, 1979 1 2 5 1.75″ 5 Oct 4, 1979 6 5 0 2.75″ 2 Oct 3, 1979 2 9 4 1.75″ 7 Oct 2, 1979 4 0 3 1.75″ 3 Oct 1, 1979 4 15 4 1.00″ 4 Sep 30, 1979 1 0 1 1.50″ 2 Sep 29, 1979 0 0 4 – 1 Sep 28, 1979 0 0 1 – 1 Sep 26, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Sep 25, 1979 1 0 1 0.75″ 2 Sep 24, 1979 1 0 1 1.00″ 2 Sep 23, 1979 1 0 0 1.75″ 1 Sep 22, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Sep 21, 1979 0 0 2 – 2 Sep 20, 1979 0 0 2 – 2 Sep 19, 1979 0 2 1 – 2 Sep 18, 1979 0 0 3 – 1 Sep 17, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Sep 16, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Sep 14, 1979 0 9 0 – 4 Sep 13, 1979 1 5 4 1.00″ 3 Sep 12, 1979 0 1 6 – 3 Sep 10, 1979 2 2 0 1.75″ 3 Sep 9, 1979 3 1 0 1.75″ 3 Sep 8, 1979 1 0 1 1.00″ 2 Sep 7, 1979 2 11 3 2.50″ 8 Sep 6, 1979 1 3 0 0.75″ 3 Sep 5, 1979 10 12 20 2.00″ 7 Sep 4, 1979 2 2 5 1.75″ 3 Sep 3, 1979 1 2 11 1.75″ 2 Sep 2, 1979 0 2 0 – 2 Sep 1, 1979 7 12 3 2.75″ 9 Aug 31, 1979 14 13 2 1.75″ 6 Aug 30, 1979 4 16 0 1.75″ 11 Aug 29, 1979 4 0 6 1.75″ 4 Aug 28, 1979 9 12 11 1.75″ 10 Aug 27, 1979 12 3 3 1.75″ 8 Aug 26, 1979 2 9 1 1.75″ 7 Aug 25, 1979 10 4 1 2.00″ 5 Aug 24, 1979 9 8 3 4.50″ 4 Aug 23, 1979 1 7 5 1.00″ 6 Aug 22, 1979 9 18 2 2.75″ 7 Aug 21, 1979 23 39 16 2.75″ 12 Aug 20, 1979 23 21 4 2.00″ 17 Aug 19, 1979 6 20 9 2.50″ 10 Aug 18, 1979 4 8 0 1.75″ 7 Aug 17, 1979 2 3 2 1.50″ 4 Aug 16, 1979 1 0 1 0.75″ 2 Aug 15, 1979 5 2 1 1.75″ 4 Aug 14, 1979 10 1 6 1.75″ 4 Aug 13, 1979 1 1 0 1.75″ 2 Aug 12, 1979 0 2 2 – 3 Aug 11, 1979 0 7 1 – 5 Aug 10, 1979 3 44 4 1.75″ 14 Aug 9, 1979 4 19 17 1.75″ 9 Aug 8, 1979 5 27 7 1.75″ 10 Aug 7, 1979 7 10 1 2.75″ 5 Aug 6, 1979 11 19 0 2.00″ 9 Aug 5, 1979 16 9 5 1.75″ 7 Aug 4, 1979 4 6 4 1.75″ 5 Aug 3, 1979 9 15 4 2.75″ 3 Aug 2, 1979 6 11 5 1.75″ 9 Aug 1, 1979 10 13 3 2.75″ 9 Jul 31, 1979 5 9 3 1.75″ 6 Jul 30, 1979 12 17 3 4.50″ 10 Jul 29, 1979 12 31 10 1.75″ 8 Jul 28, 1979 6 8 4 1.75″ 7 Jul 27, 1979 16 8 8 2.00″ 6 Jul 26, 1979 8 7 5 2.75″ 5 Jul 25, 1979 7 3 3 2.75″ 7 Jul 24, 1979 5 27 7 4.50″ 14 Jul 23, 1979 5 19 3 1.75″ 14 Jul 22, 1979 8 7 4 1.75″ 12 Jul 21, 1979 6 4 3 2.75″ 8 Jul 20, 1979 3 3 1 2.50″ 3 Jul 19, 1979 2 3 3 4.00″ 5 Jul 18, 1979 5 8 2 1.75″ 10 Jul 17, 1979 2 8 5 1.75″ 5 Jul 16, 1979 3 9 5 2.50″ 9 Jul 15, 1979 5 11 4 1.50″ 11 Jul 14, 1979 16 29 5 2.00″ 10 Jul 13, 1979 8 16 2 2.75″ 11 Jul 12, 1979 6 4 7 2.00″ 8 Jul 11, 1979 2 7 9 1.50″ 7 Jul 10, 1979 9 24 1 2.00″ 9 Jul 9, 1979 18 29 7 4.50″ 6 Jul 8, 1979 4 18 1 1.75″ 4 Jul 7, 1979 4 2 4 1.75″ 3 Jul 6, 1979 2 14 7 1.00″ 10 Jul 5, 1979 3 15 6 2.75″ 10 Jul 4, 1979 4 13 4 1.75″ 8 Jul 3, 1979 8 16 5 1.75″ 11 Jul 2, 1979 1 2 0 1.00″ 2 Jul 1, 1979 11 7 1 2.00″ 8 Jun 30, 1979 6 11 4 1.75″ 12 Jun 29, 1979 16 22 6 3.00″ 12 Jun 28, 1979 18 11 38 2.00″ 10 Jun 27, 1979 13 10 7 1.75″ 5 Jun 26, 1979 21 11 3 2.75″ 8 Jun 25, 1979 6 6 2 1.75″ 7 Jun 24, 1979 14 4 4 4.00″ 6 Jun 23, 1979 7 4 1 1.75″ 4 Jun 22, 1979 23 13 4 4.50″ 14 Jun 21, 1979 47 40 2 4.00″ 11 Jun 20, 1979 34 59 9 3.00″ 11 Jun 19, 1979 24 137 24 3.00″ 10 Jun 18, 1979 11 1 4 3.50″ 5 Jun 17, 1979 8 1 0 3.00″ 4 Jun 16, 1979 11 28 7 3.00″ 8 Jun 15, 1979 16 10 4 2.00″ 7 Jun 14, 1979 4 7 1 2.75″ 4 Jun 13, 1979 0 4 0 – 3 Jun 12, 1979 6 10 0 1.75″ 2 Jun 11, 1979 0 4 0 – 2 Jun 10, 1979 0 13 0 – 3 Jun 9, 1979 1 0 3 2.00″ 4 Jun 8, 1979 3 8 5 1.75″ 9 Jun 7, 1979 4 9 4 2.50″ 9 Jun 6, 1979 2 10 7 1.75″ 6 Jun 5, 1979 7 9 8 1.75″ 9 Jun 4, 1979 14 10 1 2.25″ 5 Jun 3, 1979 0 5 1 – 3 Jun 2, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Jun 1, 1979 3 3 1 1.75″ 4 May 31, 1979 3 2 0 1.75″ 3 May 30, 1979 17 12 4 2.50″ 10 May 29, 1979 9 7 3 1.75″ 7 May 28, 1979 10 6 2 1.75″ 6 May 27, 1979 5 4 3 1.75″ 3 May 26, 1979 3 7 2 1.75″ 5 May 25, 1979 3 10 0 1.75″ 4 May 24, 1979 1 3 5 1.75″ 2 May 23, 1979 1 8 1 0.75″ 7 May 22, 1979 7 2 1 2.75″ 6 May 21, 1979 9 10 7 1.75″ 3 May 20, 1979 3 9 5 1.75″ 5 May 19, 1979 10 11 0 1.75″ 7 May 18, 1979 6 0 1 1.00″ 2 May 17, 1979 0 7 1 – 3 May 16, 1979 2 3 0 1.75″ 3 May 15, 1979 1 0 2 1.75″ 3 May 14, 1979 4 1 1 1.75″ 2 May 13, 1979 0 3 0 – 3 May 12, 1979 4 4 0 1.75″ 3 May 11, 1979 13 19 2 1.75″ 11 May 10, 1979 5 8 3 1.50″ 6 May 9, 1979 10 3 2 2.00″ 6 May 8, 1979 2 5 16 2.00″ 3 May 7, 1979 0 5 5 – 3 May 6, 1979 2 2 0 1.75″ 2 May 5, 1979 5 3 2 2.00″ 3 May 4, 1979 0 12 3 – 6 May 3, 1979 31 42 26 2.75″ 5 May 2, 1979 32 23 9 3.50″ 5 May 1, 1979 15 6 5 2.75″ 5 Apr 30, 1979 5 0 1 1.25″ 2 Apr 29, 1979 8 14 0 2.00″ 2 Apr 28, 1979 2 3 0 1.75″ 2 Apr 27, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Apr 26, 1979 8 4 0 1.75″ 3 Apr 25, 1979 1 0 0 0.75″ 1 Apr 24, 1979 9 1 0 2.75″ 1 Apr 23, 1979 0 1 2 – 2 Apr 22, 1979 0 6 0 – 2 Apr 21, 1979 0 2 0 – 1 Apr 20, 1979 17 7 4 4.50″ 2 Apr 19, 1979 8 10 6 2.75″ 3 Apr 18, 1979 3 7 4 1.75″ 2 Apr 17, 1979 3 3 0 1.75″ 3 Apr 13, 1979 1 35 6 0.75″ 4 Apr 12, 1979 2 2 2 1.00″ 3 Apr 11, 1979 15 80 31 1.75″ 15 Apr 10, 1979 20 20 29 3.50″ 4 Apr 9, 1979 8 4 1 1.75″ 3 Apr 8, 1979 15 17 13 2.75″ 7 Apr 6, 1979 0 3 0 – 2 Apr 5, 1979 2 2 1 1.75″ 4 Apr 4, 1979 0 1 4 – 2 Apr 3, 1979 6 4 6 1.00″ 5 Apr 2, 1979 8 4 2 1.00″ 4 Apr 1, 1979 0 4 11 – 5 Mar 31, 1979 4 3 4 2.75″ 4 Mar 30, 1979 1 2 2 0.75″ 4 Mar 29, 1979 17 5 9 1.75″ 8 Mar 28, 1979 0 3 0 – 1 Mar 26, 1979 4 0 1 1.75″ 2 Mar 24, 1979 1 0 0 1.75″ 1 Mar 23, 1979 2 9 5 1.00″ 4 Mar 22, 1979 3 4 2 1.75″ 7 Mar 21, 1979 7 5 4 3.75″ 2 Mar 20, 1979 1 1 0 1.75″ 1 Mar 19, 1979 0 8 3 – 3 Mar 18, 1979 0 6 5 – 4 Mar 17, 1979 12 4 8 2.00″ 2 Mar 15, 1979 2 0 0 1.00″ 1 Mar 14, 1979 0 3 2 – 4 Mar 7, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Mar 4, 1979 0 6 0 – 1 Mar 3, 1979 0 16 2 – 5 Mar 2, 1979 22 11 7 2.50″ 4 Feb 28, 1979 3 1 0 1.75″ 2 Feb 27, 1979 1 0 0 1.75″ 1 Feb 25, 1979 0 2 1 – 2 Feb 24, 1979 10 10 0 2.00″ 6 Feb 23, 1979 7 9 2 2.00″ 3 Feb 22, 1979 10 5 1 2.75″ 6 Feb 6, 1979 0 1 0 – 1 Feb 1, 1979 0 2 0 – 1 Jan 31, 1979 4 2 2 2.00″ 2 Jan 25, 1979 1 1 0 0.75″ 1 Jan 23, 1979 0 3 6 – 2 Jan 21, 1979 0 2 0 – 2 Jan 20, 1979 0 3 1 – 4 Jan 19, 1979 0 7 1 – 2 Jan 18, 1979 0 2 1 – 2 Jan 12, 1979 0 0 3 – 1 Jan 2, 1979 0 1 1 – 1 Jan 1, 1979 0 0 1 – 1
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