National Storms

August 2023 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In August 2023, 919 hail, 3,773 damaging-wind and 144 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 49 states. The largest hail reported was 5.25″ (softball size) in Yuma County, CO on August 8, 2023. The most hail reports came on August 7, 2023 (184). Tornadoes killed 2. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on August 7, 2023, covered 6,735 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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919hail reports
3,773wind reports
144tornado reports
5.25″largest hail
31storm days
31days with 1″+ radar hail
Aug 1: 40Aug 2: 9Aug 3: 36Aug 4: 57Aug 5: 80Aug 6: 37Aug 7: 184Aug 8: 57Aug 9: 19Aug 10: 59Aug 11: 139Aug 12: 80Aug 13: 28Aug 14: 1Aug 15: 14Aug 16: 15Aug 17: 7Aug 18: 1Aug 19: 0Aug 20: 0Aug 21: 1Aug 22: 1Aug 23: 7Aug 24: 15Aug 25: 11Aug 26: 2Aug 27: 9Aug 28: 2Aug 29: 0Aug 30: 6Aug 31: 2Aug 1Aug 4Aug 7Aug 10Aug 13Aug 16Aug 19Aug 22Aug 25Aug 28Aug 31max 184
Hail reports by day, August 2023

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

Biggest storm days of August 2023

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Aug 7, 2023184888204.75″286,735 mi²3.76″
Aug 12, 202380441153.00″242,399 mi²4.47″
Aug 6, 202337277102.50″191,633 mi²2.61″
Aug 11, 202313912733.75″174,051 mi²3.98″
Aug 5, 20238016494.00″163,551 mi²3.24″
Aug 24, 202315211241.50″17841 mi²4.19″
Aug 8, 202357158145.25″142,906 mi²4.32″
Aug 15, 20231419021.75″12468 mi²5.84″
Aug 3, 20233614741.75″191,393 mi²2.87″
Aug 4, 20235712441.75″202,200 mi²3.31″

Largest hail reported in August 2023

DaySizeLocation
Aug 8, 20235.25″ (softball)Yuma County, CO
Aug 7, 20234.75″ (softball)Caroline County, VA
Aug 5, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)El Paso County, CO
Aug 7, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Washington County, MD
Aug 7, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Rawlins County, KS
Aug 8, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Yuma County, CO
Aug 8, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Logan County, CO
Aug 8, 20234.00″ (grapefruit)Yuma County, CO
Aug 11, 20233.75″ (teacup)Meeker County, MN
Aug 5, 20233.25″ (teacup)El Paso County, CO

Storm reports by state, August 2023

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Georgia956551.75″
Alabama1141812.00″
Pennsylvania37266123.00″
North Carolina1323981.75″
Kansas9214824.00″
Tennessee520631.50″
South Carolina219670.75″
Colorado12944105.25″
New York3912291.50″
West Virginia2812302.50″
Minnesota994013.75″
Ohio19103181.75″
Nebraska844722.75″
Oklahoma249502.25″
Virginia188804.75″
Wisconsin326502.50″
Maryland158104.00″
Missouri177452.50″
Illinois226192.00″
South Dakota602232.00″
Texas166341.75″
Michigan106282.00″
North Dakota374031.75″
Kentucky56541.00″
Arizona76221.75″
Montana16621.50″
Florida14921.00″
Indiana63671.25″
Idaho54001.00″
Arkansas113102.50″
Utah23901.00″
Maine142002.00″
New Jersey0313–
Iowa121063.00″
Mississippi22501.00″
Louisiana32201.75″
New Mexico61701.75″
Wyoming121001.75″
Massachusetts0155–
California11400.88″
Connecticut0122–
New Hampshire6601.75″
Vermont6601.25″
Delaware0100–
Rhode Island091–
Nevada070–
District of Columbia020–
Oregon1001.75″
Washington010–

Every storm day in August 2023

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