National Storms

April 2025 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In April 2025, 1,854 hail, 2,848 damaging-wind and 313 tornado reports were logged on 26 storm days across 39 states. The largest hail reported was 5.20″ (softball size) in Floyd County, TX on April 24, 2025. The most hail reports came on April 2, 2025 (282). Tornadoes killed 9. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on April 29, 2025, covered 4,771 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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1,854hail reports
2,848wind reports
313tornado reports
5.20″largest hail
26storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
Apr 1: 81Apr 2: 282Apr 3: 61Apr 4: 103Apr 5: 11Apr 6: 0Apr 7: 1Apr 8: 0Apr 9: 0Apr 10: 149Apr 11: 16Apr 12: 0Apr 13: 0Apr 14: 92Apr 15: 1Apr 16: 11Apr 17: 180Apr 18: 82Apr 19: 59Apr 20: 2Apr 21: 22Apr 22: 120Apr 23: 101Apr 24: 75Apr 25: 31Apr 26: 35Apr 27: 33Apr 28: 150Apr 29: 79Apr 30: 77Apr 1Apr 4Apr 7Apr 10Apr 13Apr 16Apr 19Apr 22Apr 25Apr 28max 282
Hail reports by day, April 2025

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

Biggest storm days of April 2025

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Apr 2, 2025282483902.75″183,657 mi²4.06″
Apr 29, 202579677165.00″154,771 mi²3.18″
Apr 10, 202514953912.50″10273 mi²5.64″
Apr 5, 202511214251.75″9213 mi²5.74″
Apr 19, 202559160283.00″103,656 mi²3.76″
Apr 17, 20251802374.00″74,743 mi²3.82″
Apr 28, 202515040113.00″93,946 mi²3.55″
Apr 4, 202510362193.00″93,212 mi²3.12″
Apr 30, 20257770113.00″132,183 mi²3.11″
Apr 20, 20252116392.00″639 mi²1.31″

Largest hail reported in April 2025

DaySizeLocation
Apr 24, 20255.20″ (softball)Floyd County, TX
Apr 24, 20255.00″ (softball)Motley County, TX
Apr 26, 20255.00″ (softball)Pecos County, TX
Apr 29, 20255.00″ (softball)King County, TX
Apr 17, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Washington County, NE
Apr 17, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Pottawattamie County, IA
Apr 17, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Pottawattamie County, IA
Apr 25, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Lamb County, TX
Apr 29, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Kent County, TX
Apr 23, 20253.50″ (teacup)Castro County, TX

Storm reports by state, April 2025

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Alabama5442782.50″
Texas319114445.20″
Pennsylvania5732301.75″
Tennessee127198203.00″
Ohio80219103.00″
Missouri56189332.50″
Oklahoma16284253.00″
West Virginia5618702.25″
Kentucky52151122.75″
Arkansas61120213.00″
Illinois32111432.00″
Indiana34127232.50″
Georgia4810892.50″
Kansas1243342.75″
Mississippi29108212.75″
Iowa1183434.00″
Nebraska11420154.00″
New York1312201.75″
Wisconsin112572.75″
North Carolina214301.75″
Minnesota47532.75″
New Mexico29322.75″
Colorado23712.50″
Maryland0310–
South Dakota18622.00″
Louisiana91501.75″
South Carolina15901.75″
Virginia111201.25″
Florida11822.50″
Michigan101011.50″
New Jersey51301.00″
Montana5302.00″
Arizona011–
California1010.50″
Connecticut010–
Idaho001–
Nevada010–
Utah001–
Wyoming1001.00″

Every storm day in April 2025

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A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Reports for the current year are preliminary; the counts change when NOAA publishes the final data. Read more about NOAA storm reports.

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