National Storms

August 2022 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In August 2022, 373 hail, 1,942 damaging-wind and 33 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 49 states. The largest hail reported was 3.00″ (teacup size) in Polk County, IA on August 19, 2022. The most hail reports came on August 18, 2022 (35). Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on August 1, 2022, covered 2,048 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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373hail reports
1,942wind reports
33tornado reports
3.00″largest hail
31storm days
31days with 1″+ radar hail
Aug 1: 27Aug 2: 27Aug 3: 11Aug 4: 11Aug 5: 28Aug 6: 8Aug 7: 6Aug 8: 5Aug 9: 7Aug 10: 1Aug 11: 13Aug 12: 12Aug 13: 3Aug 14: 1Aug 15: 8Aug 16: 3Aug 17: 10Aug 18: 35Aug 19: 31Aug 20: 31Aug 21: 5Aug 22: 13Aug 23: 13Aug 24: 5Aug 25: 8Aug 26: 13Aug 27: 2Aug 28: 13Aug 29: 20Aug 30: 1Aug 31: 2Aug 1Aug 4Aug 7Aug 10Aug 13Aug 16Aug 19Aug 22Aug 25Aug 28Aug 31max 35
Hail reports by day, August 2022

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

Biggest storm days of August 2022

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Aug 29, 20222036211.75″171,532 mi²3.03″
Aug 4, 20221120111.50″211,155 mi²4.31″
Aug 3, 20221119901.00″16528 mi²3.39″
Aug 2, 20222711502.00″141,134 mi²2.85″
Aug 5, 2022289912.50″221,751 mi²3.26″
Aug 1, 2022277242.00″172,048 mi²2.89″
Aug 10, 202219400.88″12350 mi²5.21″
Aug 20, 2022316043.00″18463 mi²2.10″
Aug 26, 2022137222.00″20871 mi²3.27″
Aug 8, 202256921.50″14524 mi²2.66″

Largest hail reported in August 2022

DaySizeLocation
Aug 19, 20223.00″ (teacup)Polk County, IA
Aug 20, 20223.00″ (teacup)Tazewell County, IL
Aug 11, 20222.75″ (baseball)Kootenai County, ID
Aug 11, 20222.75″ (baseball)Spokane County, WA
Aug 18, 20222.75″ (baseball)Platte County, NE
Aug 18, 20222.75″ (baseball)Nance County, NE
Aug 5, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Faulk County, SD
Aug 11, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Wallowa County, OR
Aug 18, 20222.50″ (tennis ball)Sioux County, IA
Aug 1, 20222.00″ (hen egg)Richland County, IL

Storm reports by state, August 2022

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Illinois4717323.00″
New York212701.00″
Michigan311821.00″
Virginia410901.00″
Arizona129821.75″
Indiana69211.25″
Texas107951.75″
Minnesota414362.00″
South Dakota216902.50″
Missouri137101.75″
Iowa443213.00″
Maryland17211.00″
Georgia36601.50″
Ohio36501.50″
Florida85811.00″
Pennsylvania144811.50″
South Carolina55701.75″
North Carolina54801.50″
Wisconsin93801.50″
Montana73811.50″
Tennessee0440–
Massachusetts0390–
New Hampshire112602.00″
Alabama43201.25″
Oklahoma52901.00″
Idaho131902.75″
Kentucky62501.50″
Nebraska24702.75″
North Dakota131331.50″
California0211–
Colorado91211.25″
Kansas31711.50″
Vermont0200–
Connecticut0180–
Utah21601.50″
West Virginia0171–
Arkansas21501.00″
Mississippi11111.25″
Nevada11201.00″
Wyoming8501.75″
Maine0100–
Oregon5402.50″
Washington5402.75″
New Jersey1700.75″
Delaware070–
Louisiana052–
District of Columbia030–
New Mexico2101.25″
Rhode Island020–

Every storm day in August 2022

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