National Storms

May 2022 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In May 2022, 2,283 hail, 3,452 damaging-wind and 239 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 47 states. The largest hail reported was 6.00″ (softball size) in Loup County, NE on May 29, 2022. The most hail reports came on May 19, 2022 (250). Tornadoes killed 2. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on May 31, 2022, covered 6,929 square miles.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports; NOAA MRMS radar hail estimates (MESH) via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

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2,283hail reports
3,452wind reports
239tornado reports
6.00″largest hail
31storm days
31days with 1″+ radar hail
May 1: 130May 2: 66May 3: 42May 4: 65May 5: 66May 6: 103May 7: 14May 8: 22May 9: 129May 10: 44May 11: 106May 12: 129May 13: 95May 14: 105May 15: 164May 16: 49May 17: 66May 18: 51May 19: 250May 20: 64May 21: 129May 22: 13May 23: 29May 24: 75May 25: 0May 26: 5May 27: 8May 28: 35May 29: 76May 30: 81May 31: 72May 1May 4May 7May 10May 13May 16May 19May 22May 25May 28May 31max 250
Hail reports by day, May 2022

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

Major hail storms in May 2022

Biggest storm days of May 2022

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
May 12, 2022129442322.50″134,883 mi²5.26″
May 19, 2022250140133.00″143,779 mi²5.89″
May 6, 2022103278122.75″14439 mi²5.88″
May 21, 202212923872.00″223,400 mi²5.20″
May 30, 202281258312.00″91,498 mi²4.46″
May 15, 202216417224.50″165,998 mi²2.90″
May 16, 20224922253.00″221,523 mi²4.88″
May 11, 20221069872.50″126,890 mi²3.89″
May 1, 20221305453.00″165,439 mi²4.17″
May 22, 20221317601.75″17219 mi²2.80″

Largest hail reported in May 2022

DaySizeLocation
May 29, 20226.00″ (softball)Loup County, NE
May 29, 20225.00″ (softball)Loup County, NE
May 15, 20224.50″ (softball)Okfuskee County, OK
May 29, 20224.25″ (grapefruit)Loup County, NE
May 2, 20224.00″ (grapefruit)Seminole County, OK
May 24, 20224.00″ (grapefruit)Tom Green County, TX
May 24, 20224.00″ (grapefruit)Midland County, TX
May 24, 20223.50″ (teacup)Edwards County, TX
May 31, 20223.50″ (teacup)Hall County, TX
May 31, 20223.25″ (teacup)Marion County, KS

Storm reports by state, May 2022

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Minnesota388463473.00″
Texas328266284.00″
South Dakota112275292.50″
North Carolina98246112.75″
Oklahoma172112274.50″
Kansas1389773.25″
Nebraska9413066.00″
Virginia3918351.75″
South Carolina6512362.00″
Arkansas5811732.00″
Wisconsin1154962.50″
Kentucky719223.00″
Ohio5610322.50″
Missouri856381.75″
Tennessee707002.25″
Georgia1911902.00″
Pennsylvania2510831.50″
New York1710701.25″
Indiana228562.75″
Mississippi377222.00″
Florida375982.00″
Alabama247142.00″
Iowa235331.75″
Maryland165723.00″
Illinois2337111.75″
Louisiana172522.00″
New Jersey231712.50″
Michigan291013.00″
West Virginia13601.25″
North Dakota191331.75″
Massachusetts0330–
New Mexico24802.75″
Colorado72211.75″
New Hampshire91712.00″
Utah0260–
Vermont31701.25″
Wyoming41201.75″
Maine5901.75″
Montana0140–
Connecticut0110–
Nevada0110–
Delaware4502.25″
Idaho081–
California3000.75″
Oregon2011.50″
Washington1020.25″
District of Columbia010–

Every storm day in May 2022

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

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