National Storms

June 1982 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In June 1982, 591 hail, 833 damaging-wind and 196 tornado reports were logged on 30 storm days across 40 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Howard County, TX on June 18, 1982. The most hail reports came on June 8, 1982 (72). Tornadoes killed 4.

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

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591hail reports
833wind reports
196tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
30storm days
Jun 1: 11Jun 2: 18Jun 3: 20Jun 4: 3Jun 5: 12Jun 6: 20Jun 7: 28Jun 8: 72Jun 9: 22Jun 10: 16Jun 11: 38Jun 12: 23Jun 13: 11Jun 14: 48Jun 15: 44Jun 16: 10Jun 17: 13Jun 18: 25Jun 19: 3Jun 20: 14Jun 21: 15Jun 22: 23Jun 23: 13Jun 24: 26Jun 25: 11Jun 26: 11Jun 27: 5Jun 28: 6Jun 29: 18Jun 30: 12Jun 1Jun 4Jun 7Jun 10Jun 13Jun 16Jun 19Jun 22Jun 25Jun 28max 72
Hail reports by day, June 1982

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Biggest storm days of June 1982

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jun 15, 198244197131.75″14
Jun 8, 19827210564.00″10
Jun 14, 19824863263.00″10
Jun 11, 1982383382.00″9
Jun 16, 1982105082.00″15
Jun 10, 1982163392.00″10
Jun 12, 1982232592.75″11
Jun 7, 1982282432.75″7
Jun 24, 1982261872.75″10
Jun 6, 1982202823.50″4

Largest hail reported in June 1982

DaySizeLocation
Jun 18, 19824.50″ (softball)Howard County, TX
Jun 26, 19824.50″ (softball)San Miguel County, NM
Jun 8, 19824.00″ (grapefruit)Callaway County, MO
Jun 22, 19824.00″ (grapefruit)Scott County, KS
Jun 22, 19824.00″ (grapefruit)Cherry County, NE
Jun 6, 19823.50″ (teacup)Osage County, KS
Jun 6, 19823.00″ (teacup)Anderson County, KS
Jun 8, 19823.00″ (teacup)Richardson County, NE
Jun 14, 19823.00″ (teacup)Dawson County, NE
Jun 14, 19823.00″ (teacup)Lincoln County, NE

Storm reports by state, June 1982

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas111115364.50″
Ohio359411.75″
Colorado7910312.75″
Missouri368224.00″
Nebraska5051134.00″
Kansas623984.00″
Oklahoma3323112.75″
Indiana145101.75″
Illinois164302.50″
Arkansas134201.75″
Kentucky53231.75″
Louisiana161822.00″
North Carolina102062.00″
Florida47231.50″
Alabama52421.75″
South Dakota141162.75″
Montana20913.00″
Georgia22611.00″
South Carolina111531.75″
Wyoming91141.75″
Iowa41362.00″
Michigan55121.75″
North Dakota11732.75″
New York0210–
Mississippi41401.75″
New Mexico10344.50″
Pennsylvania0161–
Virginia11310.75″
Tennessee1611.75″
West Virginia2421.75″
California3210.75″
Delaware050–
Maryland050–
Minnesota2200.75″
Idaho011–
Oregon020–
Wisconsin1101.00″
Massachusetts1001.00″
New Jersey001–
Washington1001.75″

Every storm day in June 1982

Jun 1 Jun 2 Jun 3 Jun 4 Jun 5 Jun 6 Jun 7 Jun 8 Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.