National Storms

July 2013 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In July 2013, 1,317 hail, 2,507 damaging-wind and 72 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 47 states. The largest hail reported was 4.25″ (grapefruit size) in Reno County, KS on July 23, 2013. The most hail reports came on July 23, 2013 (153).

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

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1,317hail reports
2,507wind reports
72tornado reports
4.25″largest hail
31storm days
Jul 1: 9Jul 2: 33Jul 3: 27Jul 4: 33Jul 5: 18Jul 6: 23Jul 7: 47Jul 8: 78Jul 9: 71Jul 10: 71Jul 11: 10Jul 12: 28Jul 13: 24Jul 14: 14Jul 15: 7Jul 16: 11Jul 17: 55Jul 18: 19Jul 19: 39Jul 20: 68Jul 21: 54Jul 22: 142Jul 23: 153Jul 24: 71Jul 25: 62Jul 26: 39Jul 27: 5Jul 28: 3Jul 29: 12Jul 30: 43Jul 31: 48Jul 1Jul 4Jul 7Jul 10Jul 13Jul 16Jul 19Jul 22Jul 25Jul 28Jul 31max 153
Hail reports by day, July 2013

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

Biggest storm days of July 2013

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jul 10, 20137146192.50″24
Jul 23, 201315323734.25″22
Jul 19, 20133928051.75″25
Jul 22, 201314210142.75″24
Jul 8, 20137813833.00″14
Jul 17, 20135515012.00″21
Jul 20, 20136811212.75″27
Jul 7, 20134712413.00″20
Jul 24, 2013716102.75″14
Jul 9, 2013714892.75″18

Largest hail reported in July 2013

DaySizeLocation
Jul 23, 20134.25″ (grapefruit)Reno County, KS
Jul 23, 20134.00″ (grapefruit)Reno County, KS
Jul 13, 20133.50″ (teacup)McKenzie County, ND
Jul 4, 20133.00″ (teacup)Musselshell County, MT
Jul 7, 20133.00″ (teacup)Carter County, MT
Jul 8, 20133.00″ (teacup)Garfield County, MT
Jul 23, 20133.00″ (teacup)Sedgwick County, KS
Jul 31, 20133.00″ (teacup)Finney County, KS
Jul 7, 20132.75″ (baseball)Hooker County, NE
Jul 7, 20132.75″ (baseball)Lincoln County, NE

Storm reports by state, July 2013

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Ohio5225491.75″
Montana15611733.00″
South Dakota1448312.75″
Kansas11710644.25″
Nebraska1265842.75″
Pennsylvania1417022.00″
North Dakota766243.50″
Wyoming1112612.75″
New York1411421.75″
Oklahoma329221.75″
Iowa883702.00″
Michigan1610101.75″
South Carolina198422.00″
North Carolina187111.75″
Kentucky157111.75″
Florida17491.00″
Alabama47501.00″
Tennessee96701.00″
Arkansas165901.75″
Arizona175611.75″
New Mexico383501.75″
West Virginia244802.00″
Georgia115801.75″
Indiana55911.75″
Maine0602–
Minnesota283122.75″
Wisconsin331862.50″
Virginia114101.00″
Colorado232321.75″
Vermont14601.75″
Missouri281521.75″
Illinois172522.75″
Texas112601.75″
Nevada92601.75″
Mississippi62601.00″
Idaho22611.75″
New Hampshire42501.75″
Connecticut12340.75″
New Jersey32411.75″
Louisiana12511.00″
Maryland0222–
Utah32100.75″
Massachusetts21601.00″
California7701.75″
Delaware030–
Oregon2101.00″
Washington2001.00″

Every storm day in July 2013

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

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.