May 2025 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes
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In May 2025, 2,837 hail, 3,885 damaging-wind and 278 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 45 states. The largest hail reported was 6.00″ (softball size) in Dickens County, TX on May 25, 2025. The most hail reports came on May 16, 2025 (416). Tornadoes killed 26. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on May 16, 2025, covered 9,925 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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Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
Major hail storms in May 2025
Biggest storm days of May 2025
| Day | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail | States | Radar 1″+ area | Radar max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 416 | 769 | 27 | 4.50″ | 21 | 9,925 mi² | 3.81″ |
| May 15, 2025 | 266 | 313 | 35 | 4.00″ | 17 | 4,709 mi² | 5.46″ |
| May 19, 2025 | 287 | 269 | 48 | 4.50″ | 13 | 6,339 mi² | 4.10″ |
| May 20, 2025 | 152 | 315 | 37 | 3.75″ | 15 | 2,287 mi² | 3.14″ |
| May 2, 2025 | 214 | 244 | 2 | 2.75″ | 15 | 2,743 mi² | 4.30″ |
| May 8, 2025 | 227 | 142 | 0 | 3.00″ | 14 | 5,334 mi² | 5.94″ |
| May 18, 2025 | 183 | 116 | 42 | 4.50″ | 10 | 5,814 mi² | 3.49″ |
| May 25, 2025 | 109 | 211 | 6 | 6.00″ | 11 | 4,036 mi² | 3.35″ |
| May 17, 2025 | 119 | 147 | 2 | 4.00″ | 18 | 2,200 mi² | 3.57″ |
| May 26, 2025 | 98 | 114 | 10 | 5.87″ | 10 | 4,190 mi² | 3.33″ |
Largest hail reported in May 2025
| Day | Size | Location |
|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2025 | 6.00″ (softball) | Dickens County, TX |
| May 26, 2025 | 5.87″ (softball) | Menard County, TX |
| May 1, 2025 | 4.50″ (softball) | Coryell County, TX |
| May 6, 2025 | 4.50″ (softball) | Zapata County, TX |
| May 16, 2025 | 4.50″ (softball) | Ballard County, KY |
| May 18, 2025 | 4.50″ (softball) | Ellis County, OK |
| May 19, 2025 | 4.50″ (softball) | Montague County, TX |
| May 18, 2025 | 4.25″ (grapefruit) | Ellis County, OK |
| May 15, 2025 | 4.00″ (grapefruit) | Eau Claire County, WI |
| May 16, 2025 | 4.00″ (grapefruit) | Sullivan County, IN |
Storm reports by state, May 2025
| State | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 480 | 277 | 28 | 6.00″ |
| Oklahoma | 422 | 123 | 20 | 4.50″ |
| Kentucky | 160 | 288 | 9 | 4.50″ |
| Alabama | 95 | 319 | 22 | 3.75″ |
| Tennessee | 152 | 198 | 10 | 3.00″ |
| Missouri | 195 | 122 | 25 | 3.00″ |
| Illinois | 142 | 161 | 17 | 3.00″ |
| Mississippi | 44 | 240 | 4 | 2.25″ |
| Kansas | 117 | 116 | 18 | 4.00″ |
| Virginia | 54 | 195 | 1 | 2.00″ |
| Wisconsin | 147 | 64 | 15 | 4.00″ |
| Ohio | 98 | 119 | 0 | 2.50″ |
| Georgia | 33 | 152 | 15 | 1.75″ |
| Louisiana | 66 | 130 | 4 | 1.75″ |
| North Carolina | 69 | 110 | 7 | 2.50″ |
| West Virginia | 31 | 146 | 0 | 2.00″ |
| Arkansas | 85 | 67 | 10 | 2.50″ |
| Nebraska | 85 | 64 | 9 | 3.25″ |
| Colorado | 74 | 64 | 9 | 3.10″ |
| Maryland | 39 | 99 | 2 | 2.50″ |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | 81 | 9 | 2.50″ |
| South Carolina | 39 | 75 | 4 | 1.75″ |
| Michigan | 9 | 91 | 12 | 1.75″ |
| Indiana | 25 | 80 | 6 | 4.00″ |
| Florida | 35 | 49 | 10 | 2.00″ |
| New York | 11 | 68 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| Idaho | 4 | 74 | 0 | 1.25″ |
| Utah | 0 | 69 | 0 | – |
| New Mexico | 37 | 23 | 3 | 2.50″ |
| Minnesota | 10 | 40 | 5 | 1.50″ |
| Montana | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1.50″ |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 37 | 0 | 1.00″ |
| Wyoming | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| South Dakota | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.00″ |
| Iowa | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2.00″ |
| Vermont | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.50″ |
| New Jersey | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1.75″ |
| North Dakota | 0 | 9 | 2 | – |
| Connecticut | 0 | 10 | 0 | – |
| Nevada | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.00″ |
| Delaware | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00″ |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
| California | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
Every storm day in May 2025
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