National Storms

May 2024 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In May 2024, 3,257 hail, 4,630 damaging-wind and 536 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 45 states. The largest hail reported was 6.12″ (softball size) in Blanco County, TX on May 9, 2024. The most hail reports came on May 8, 2024 (325). Tornadoes killed 25. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on May 25, 2024, covered 10,753 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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3,257hail reports
4,630wind reports
536tornado reports
6.12″largest hail
31storm days
31days with 1″+ radar hail
May 1: 62May 2: 54May 3: 64May 4: 49May 5: 1May 6: 132May 7: 156May 8: 325May 9: 193May 10: 35May 11: 60May 12: 52May 13: 45May 14: 31May 15: 71May 16: 35May 17: 23May 18: 58May 19: 154May 20: 119May 21: 145May 22: 171May 23: 159May 24: 117May 25: 197May 26: 210May 27: 190May 28: 115May 29: 35May 30: 158May 31: 41May 1May 4May 7May 10May 13May 16May 19May 22May 25May 28May 31max 325
Hail reports by day, May 2024

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

Major hail storms in May 2024

Biggest storm days of May 2024

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
May 26, 2024210819524.00″236,054 mi²3.72″
May 8, 2024325385634.00″1910,327 mi²3.63″
May 21, 2024145371383.00″172,566 mi²3.00″
May 6, 2024132319584.00″153,446 mi²3.61″
May 23, 2024159283553.50″225,383 mi²2.89″
May 9, 2024193271216.12″118,634 mi²3.93″
May 25, 2024197233403.50″2010,753 mi²3.59″
May 22, 202417121453.00″158,458 mi²4.17″
May 27, 202419017853.25″163,236 mi²3.57″
May 19, 2024154159323.00″157,679 mi²3.74″

Largest hail reported in May 2024

DaySizeLocation
May 9, 20246.12″ (softball)Blanco County, TX
May 9, 20245.00″ (softball)Blanco County, TX
May 28, 20245.00″ (softball)Hockley County, TX
May 1, 20244.50″ (softball)Gove County, KS
May 9, 20244.50″ (softball)Hood County, TX
May 9, 20244.50″ (softball)Hill County, TX
May 9, 20244.50″ (softball)Blount County, AL
May 9, 20244.25″ (grapefruit)Blanco County, TX
May 1, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Donley County, TX
May 1, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Gove County, KS

Storm reports by state, May 2024

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Texas872473516.12″
Oklahoma356170544.00″
Missouri284241484.00″
Iowa123296503.00″
Kansas233191214.50″
Kentucky42307222.50″
Tennessee110242153.00″
Georgia45299102.50″
Nebraska116178463.50″
Illinois91187182.50″
Wisconsin99130212.00″
North Carolina61175122.75″
Colorado1932874.00″
Alabama40165194.50″
Arkansas85111254.00″
Louisiana40154223.00″
South Carolina6112051.75″
Florida22151121.75″
Indiana6393123.50″
West Virginia1814731.75″
Ohio31107221.50″
Virginia1611322.40″
Mississippi388632.75″
Pennsylvania2585132.00″
South Dakota347521.75″
New York67001.50″
Minnesota233951.75″
Michigan332354.00″
New Mexico42942.75″
North Dakota202322.00″
Maryland33321.25″
Idaho0310–
Maine31301.00″
Montana21311.25″
Massachusetts13201.25″
New Jersey0150–
Utah0140–
Connecticut4901.75″
Wyoming3501.25″
New Hampshire3301.25″
Rhode Island3001.50″
Vermont1201.00″
Washington011–
Arizona001–
Nevada010–

Every storm day in May 2024

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