National Storms

September 2026 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In September 2026, 280 hail, 1,977 damaging-wind and 57 tornado reports were logged on 30 storm days across 42 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) 1 mile W of Easton, MN on September 1, 2026. The most hail reports came on September 6, 2026 (36). Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger on 30 days; the widest swath, on September 6, 2026, covered 3,180 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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280hail reports
1,977wind reports
57tornado reports
4.00″largest hail
30storm days
30days with 1″+ radar hail
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Hail reports by day, September 2026

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

Biggest storm days of September 2026

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStatesRadar 1″+ areaRadar max
Sep 2, 202614258102.00″141,281 mi²3.86″
Sep 3, 20262124022.30″152,579 mi²3.29″
Sep 5, 20262523122.50″201,888 mi²3.54″
Sep 4, 20261021001.75″161,984 mi²4.57″
Sep 6, 20263617923.25″203,180 mi²4.42″
Sep 1, 20262710834.00″133,032 mi²4.83″
Sep 21, 20261212001.50″14944 mi²4.18″
Sep 19, 20262110913.00″162,600 mi²3.61″
Sep 18, 202696742.00″13650 mi²2.65″
Sep 20, 2026125804.00″131,261 mi²2.98″

Largest hail reported in September 2026

DaySizeLocation
Sep 1, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)1 mi W of Easton, MN
Sep 20, 20264.00″ (grapefruit)3 mi S of Chivington, CO
Sep 6, 20263.25″ (teacup)14 mi SW of Landusky, MT
Sep 20, 20263.10″ (teacup)9 mi S of Brandon, CO
Sep 6, 20263.00″ (teacup)5 mi N of Hilger, MT
Sep 19, 20263.00″ (teacup)7 mi SW of Bethune, CO
Sep 1, 20262.75″ (baseball)Pickstown, SD
Sep 1, 20262.75″ (baseball)Niobrara, NE
Sep 6, 20262.75″ (baseball)1 mi SW of Shepherd, MT
Sep 20, 20262.75″ (baseball)4 mi NE of Wild Horse, CO

Storm reports by state, September 2026

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
North Carolina1420222.00″
Pennsylvania417341.50″
Kansas26103162.00″
Virginia713711.75″
South Carolina512802.00″
Ohio113011.75″
Montana217803.25″
Texas177832.50″
Nebraska335132.75″
West Virginia38301.50″
Georgia38101.00″
New York27281.25″
Missouri76802.00″
Alabama27101.00″
Michigan74432.00″
Mississippi0500–
Minnesota232514.00″
Iowa74102.25″
South Dakota143302.75″
Maryland0420–
Colorado251314.00″
Oklahoma42601.00″
Kentucky32601.00″
North Dakota131332.75″
Indiana22402.00″
Utah11942.00″
Wisconsin22201.75″
Florida0184–
Tennessee12001.00″
New Mexico51502.00″
Louisiana11711.00″
Idaho13402.50″
Delaware0150–
Illinois21211.50″
Arkansas0140–
New Jersey11301.00″
Arizona1901.00″
Wyoming091–
Nevada030–
California020–
District of Columbia020–
Oregon010–

Every storm day in September 2026

Sep 1 Sep 2 Sep 3 Sep 4 Sep 5 Sep 6 Sep 7 Sep 8 Sep 9 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 13 Sep 14 Sep 15 Sep 16 Sep 17 Sep 18 Sep 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep 22 Sep 23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 30

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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