National Storms

August 2025 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In August 2025, 494 hail, 1,597 damaging-wind and 51 tornado reports were logged on 31 storm days across 46 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Stanton County, KS on August 3, 2025. The most hail reports came on August 9, 2025 (67). Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 31 days; the widest swath, on August 7, 2025, covered 4,442 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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494hail reports
1,597wind reports
51tornado reports
4.00″largest hail
31storm days
31days with 1″+ radar hail
Aug 1: 25Aug 2: 13Aug 3: 42Aug 4: 25Aug 5: 31Aug 6: 2Aug 7: 47Aug 8: 14Aug 9: 67Aug 10: 27Aug 11: 28Aug 12: 2Aug 13: 11Aug 14: 21Aug 15: 28Aug 16: 38Aug 17: 7Aug 18: 6Aug 19: 8Aug 20: 2Aug 21: 7Aug 22: 4Aug 23: 7Aug 24: 14Aug 25: 0Aug 26: 0Aug 27: 10Aug 28: 1Aug 29: 6Aug 30: 0Aug 31: 1Aug 1Aug 4Aug 7Aug 10Aug 13Aug 16Aug 19Aug 22Aug 25Aug 28Aug 31max 67
Hail reports by day, August 2025

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

Biggest storm days of August 2025

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Aug 7, 202547143132.00″114,442 mi²3.52″
Aug 9, 20256711164.00″94,138 mi²3.69″
Aug 16, 20253813513.00″122,043 mi²3.21″
Aug 13, 20251114501.75″191,041 mi²3.72″
Aug 15, 20252811611.75″133,398 mi²3.21″
Aug 1, 2025259503.00″121,807 mi²4.19″
Aug 19, 2025810421.25″15886 mi²2.96″
Aug 24, 2025148701.75″12739 mi²4.25″
Aug 3, 2025425044.00″73,226 mi²4.61″
Aug 18, 202568141.75″151,500 mi²3.13″

Largest hail reported in August 2025

DaySizeLocation
Aug 3, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Stanton County, KS
Aug 9, 20254.00″ (grapefruit)Lincoln County, CO
Aug 9, 20253.30″ (teacup)Lincoln County, CO
Aug 9, 20253.30″ (teacup)Lincoln County, CO
Aug 4, 20253.25″ (teacup)Las Animas County, CO
Aug 9, 20253.20″ (teacup)Lincoln County, CO
Aug 1, 20253.00″ (teacup)Laramie County, WY
Aug 3, 20253.00″ (teacup)Stanton County, KS
Aug 4, 20253.00″ (teacup)Lincoln County, CO
Aug 4, 20253.00″ (teacup)Las Animas County, CO

Storm reports by state, August 2025

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
South Dakota5616623.00″
Kansas5314334.00″
Colorado1205934.00″
Illinois1712713.00″
Montana358402.00″
Minnesota485832.75″
North Dakota1281151.75″
Texas208322.50″
Nebraska236122.25″
Iowa105972.00″
Oklahoma134512.00″
Wisconsin183912.00″
Arizona24800.88″
Wyoming143603.00″
Missouri34331.00″
New York113601.75″
Alabama0410–
Louisiana0350–
California0300–
Michigan111702.00″
Indiana22401.00″
New Mexico131022.00″
Arkansas32101.00″
Mississippi0240–
South Carolina0230–
Florida0192–
North Carolina11900.75″
Pennsylvania0190–
Utah0190–
West Virginia11701.00″
Georgia0160–
New Hampshire31201.25″
Idaho11201.00″
Massachusetts11001.50″
Virginia0110–
New Jersey090–
Tennessee1710.88″
Maryland1601.00″
Maine060–
Nevada060–
Oregon1311.50″
Connecticut040–
Kentucky040–
Ohio022–
Vermont020–
Rhode Island010–

Every storm day in August 2025

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