National Storms

April 2026 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In April 2026, 1,299 hail, 1,606 damaging-wind and 306 tornado reports were logged on 27 storm days across 44 states. The largest hail reported was 5.00″ (softball size) 2 miles S of Camp Wood, TX on April 29, 2026. The most hail reports came on April 17, 2026 (155). Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on April 28, 2026, covered 8,322 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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1,299hail reports
1,606wind reports
306tornado reports
5.00″largest hail
27storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
Apr 1: 29Apr 2: 21Apr 3: 25Apr 4: 0Apr 5: 0Apr 6: 0Apr 7: 0Apr 8: 0Apr 9: 16Apr 10: 3Apr 11: 6Apr 12: 3Apr 13: 105Apr 14: 109Apr 15: 122Apr 16: 41Apr 17: 155Apr 18: 7Apr 19: 0Apr 20: 0Apr 21: 5Apr 22: 12Apr 23: 84Apr 24: 52Apr 25: 98Apr 26: 100Apr 27: 129Apr 28: 120Apr 29: 47Apr 30: 10Apr 1Apr 4Apr 7Apr 10Apr 13Apr 16Apr 19Apr 22Apr 25Apr 28max 155
Hail reports by day, April 2026

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

Major hail storms in April 2026

Biggest storm days of April 2026

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Apr 17, 20261552721023.25″105,688 mi²3.33″
Apr 27, 2026129238254.00″145,210 mi²3.34″
Apr 14, 2026109120314.00″184,243 mi²3.54″
Apr 15, 202612210364.00″143,124 mi²4.96″
Apr 28, 202612090144.75″108,322 mi²4.73″
Apr 13, 202610575203.50″123,718 mi²3.33″
Apr 23, 20268485234.00″93,631 mi²3.18″
Apr 26, 202610071183.00″88,205 mi²3.60″
Apr 25, 20269828174.50″104,871 mi²4.59″
Apr 24, 20265271113.00″83,492 mi²4.13″

Largest hail reported in April 2026

DaySizeLocation
Apr 29, 20265.00″ (softball)2 mi S of Camp Wood, TX
Apr 28, 20264.75″ (softball)5 mi SE of Bois d'Arc, MO
Apr 25, 20264.50″ (softball)Alpine, AR
Apr 25, 20264.50″ (softball)Alpine, AR
Apr 28, 20264.50″ (softball)4 mi ESE of Godley, TX
Apr 14, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)4 mi E of Maple Bluff, WI
Apr 15, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)Paola, KS
Apr 23, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)6 mi SSW of Marion, KS
Apr 25, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)1 mi W of Trenton, TX
Apr 27, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)8 mi SSW of Piney Park, MO

Storm reports by state, April 2026

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Missouri212262314.75″
Illinois74201703.00″
Kansas162106294.00″
Texas16482195.00″
Iowa13069243.50″
Oklahoma12464273.75″
Wisconsin10254354.00″
Mississippi3691123.00″
Indiana289952.00″
Arkansas503974.50″
Kentucky117262.00″
Ohio384912.00″
Tennessee76721.25″
Minnesota566113.50″
Nebraska38522.00″
Michigan528102.00″
New York23521.00″
Pennsylvania63101.75″
Montana0290–
Alabama22601.00″
South Dakota62201.50″
Louisiana131402.75″
West Virginia61611.50″
Idaho0190–
Virginia71201.50″
Utah11521.25″
Colorado21321.50″
California5561.50″
North Carolina4901.25″
New Hampshire4901.50″
Wyoming0100–
Nevada080–
Massachusetts070–
Vermont1511.75″
North Dakota050–
Florida031–
Maryland1301.00″
New Mexico040–
Georgia1201.00″
Oregon030–
South Carolina1201.00″
Connecticut020–
Delaware020–
Washington010–

Every storm day in April 2026

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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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