National Storms

July 2024 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In July 2024, 847 hail, 4,177 damaging-wind and 213 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 48 states. The largest hail reported was 6.00″ (softball size) in Stevens County, MN on July 31, 2024. The most hail reports came on July 6, 2024 (82). Tornadoes killed 3. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on July 13, 2024, covered 6,258 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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847hail reports
4,177wind reports
213tornado reports
6.00″largest hail
31storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
Jul 1: 10Jul 2: 3Jul 3: 58Jul 4: 14Jul 5: 7Jul 6: 82Jul 7: 41Jul 8: 9Jul 9: 9Jul 10: 23Jul 11: 16Jul 12: 31Jul 13: 70Jul 14: 47Jul 15: 63Jul 16: 22Jul 17: 16Jul 18: 6Jul 19: 32Jul 20: 24Jul 21: 2Jul 22: 20Jul 23: 3Jul 24: 5Jul 25: 2Jul 26: 0Jul 27: 13Jul 28: 47Jul 29: 39Jul 30: 54Jul 31: 79Jul 1Jul 4Jul 7Jul 10Jul 13Jul 16Jul 19Jul 22Jul 25Jul 28Jul 31max 82
Hail reports by day, July 2024

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

Biggest storm days of July 2024

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Jul 15, 202463784622.50″26––
Jul 16, 202422495142.00″302,261 mi²3.60″
Jul 31, 20247931516.00″244,892 mi²4.72″
Jul 30, 20245432222.75″192,899 mi²3.33″
Jul 13, 20247023424.00″186,258 mi²3.47″
Jul 14, 202447231143.50″242,682 mi²4.49″
Jul 29, 20243921754.50″202,952 mi²3.89″
Jul 17, 20241623501.75″301,136 mi²2.48″
Jul 6, 2024828672.75″124,764 mi²3.41″
Jul 10, 20242313172.00″13619 mi²4.26″

Largest hail reported in July 2024

DaySizeLocation
Jul 31, 20246.00″ (softball)Stevens County, MN
Jul 31, 20245.00″ (softball)Stevens County, MN
Jul 29, 20244.50″ (softball)Burleigh County, ND
Jul 12, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Valley County, MT
Jul 13, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Blaine County, MT
Jul 19, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Hooker County, NE
Jul 31, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Phillips County, KS
Jul 31, 20244.00″ (grapefruit)Big Stone County, MN
Jul 19, 20243.75″ (teacup)Arthur County, NE
Jul 3, 20243.50″ (teacup)Elbert County, CO

Storm reports by state, July 2024

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
New York14512232.50″
Illinois10402621.00″
Kansas8127614.00″
Nebraska149140134.00″
South Dakota8221512.75″
Iowa6318952.50″
Georgia523001.50″
Minnesota9211236.00″
Pennsylvania518501.00″
Indiana6138151.00″
Virginia214911.50″
Colorado755913.50″
North Dakota854644.50″
Ohio159621.50″
Arizona139721.50″
North Carolina310601.00″
Kentucky210041.00″
Tennessee39911.50″
Missouri128553.00″
South Carolina58701.00″
Montana294934.00″
Oklahoma146011.50″
Wisconsin264333.00″
Utah0701–
Massachusetts56201.00″
Texas644171.50″
Wyoming84701.25″
New Jersey0540–
Maryland34901.00″
Michigan63921.50″
Alabama0460–
Idaho0441–
Louisiana01625–
New Mexico132221.75″
New Hampshire32911.00″
West Virginia12701.00″
Florida0234–
Maine22501.00″
Arkansas0119–
Vermont11901.25″
California31401.00″
Mississippi21111.00″
Nevada11300.75″
Oregon21201.00″
Connecticut0110–
District of Columbia0110–
Delaware020–
Washington010–

Every storm day in July 2024

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