National Storms

July 1991 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In July 1991, 302 hail, 1,228 damaging-wind and 64 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 47 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in McCook County, SD on July 20, 1991. The most hail reports came on July 7, 1991 (45). Tornadoes killed 1.

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

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302hail reports
1,228wind reports
64tornado reports
4.50″largest hail
31storm days
Jul 1: 4Jul 2: 20Jul 3: 13Jul 4: 12Jul 5: 14Jul 6: 30Jul 7: 45Jul 8: 19Jul 9: 8Jul 10: 4Jul 11: 2Jul 12: 9Jul 13: 13Jul 14: 7Jul 15: 1Jul 16: 2Jul 17: 11Jul 18: 5Jul 19: 12Jul 20: 6Jul 21: 26Jul 22: 2Jul 23: 10Jul 24: 10Jul 25: 1Jul 26: 4Jul 27: 0Jul 28: 1Jul 29: 3Jul 30: 4Jul 31: 4Jul 1Jul 4Jul 7Jul 10Jul 13Jul 16Jul 19Jul 22Jul 25Jul 28Jul 31max 45
Hail reports by day, July 1991

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

Biggest storm days of July 1991

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jul 7, 19914530992.75″17
Jul 23, 19911013741.75″18
Jul 2, 1991207201.75″20
Jul 21, 1991265662.75″16
Jul 8, 1991195621.75″14
Jul 6, 1991304403.50″10
Jul 19, 1991125011.75″17
Jul 3, 1991133811.75″13
Jul 13, 1991133721.75″9
Jul 24, 1991104101.75″17

Largest hail reported in July 1991

DaySizeLocation
Jul 20, 19914.50″ (softball)McCook County, SD
Jul 6, 19913.50″ (teacup)Minnehaha County, SD
Jul 20, 19913.00″ (teacup)Nobles County, MN
Jul 4, 19912.75″ (baseball)Phillips County, MT
Jul 4, 19912.75″ (baseball)McHenry County, ND
Jul 4, 19912.75″ (baseball)Phillips County, MT
Jul 7, 19912.75″ (baseball)Will County, IL
Jul 10, 19912.75″ (baseball)Custer County, SD
Jul 12, 19912.75″ (baseball)Dade County, MO
Jul 17, 19912.75″ (baseball)Roosevelt County, MT

Storm reports by state, July 1991

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Pennsylvania1413121.00″
Michigan219341.75″
Ohio127021.25″
New York47801.75″
Florida155471.50″
South Dakota293954.50″
Kentucky35911.50″
Minnesota1731113.00″
North Dakota302632.75″
Iowa35411.75″
Georgia0561–
New Jersey54701.75″
Wisconsin64421.75″
Indiana143401.75″
Oklahoma103211.75″
Kansas132801.75″
Maryland72801.75″
Montana161362.75″
West Virginia33201.75″
Illinois102302.75″
Colorado18852.00″
Arkansas72211.75″
Tennessee0290–
Missouri52302.75″
Virginia72101.75″
Texas32112.50″
North Carolina31611.75″
Louisiana51221.75″
Mississippi11700.88″
Alabama31400.75″
South Carolina0170–
Connecticut0110–
Nebraska2711.75″
New Mexico3420.75″
Oregon5201.50″
Arizona060–
Massachusetts060–
Utah033–
New Hampshire1401.00″
Vermont1300.75″
District of Columbia030–
Idaho2101.50″
Nevada1110.75″
Washington2101.00″
Wyoming1200.75″
Delaware011–
Maine010–

Every storm day in July 1991

Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9 Jul 10 Jul 11 Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31

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