Hail in Mississippi — where it hits, county by county
Mississippi logged 301 National Weather Service hail reports over the last 5 years — meaningful but not hail-alley volume. The table below ranks the counties; the interactive national map shows exactly where, year by year. Checking a specific address? The map’s search box pulls every dated report within 25 miles.
Open the interactive map on Mississippi →Top hail counties in Mississippi (2022–2026)
| County | Reports | Avg/yr | Peak month | % damaging (≥1.5″) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HINDS | 39 | 7.8 | Apr | 38% |
| RANKIN | 36 | 7.2 | Apr | 31% |
| Lee | 28 | 5.6 | Jun | 36% |
| Hinds | 27 | 5.4 | Jun | 22% |
| DeSoto | 25 | 5.0 | Jun | 24% |
| Copiah | 23 | 4.6 | Jun | 57% |
| Monroe | 22 | 4.4 | Mar | 18% |
| Lowndes | 22 | 4.4 | May | 32% |
| Rankin | 21 | 4.2 | Jun | 14% |
| Pontotoc | 20 | 4.0 | Jun | 25% |
| LAUDERDALE | 19 | 3.8 | Mar | 5% |
| Madison | 19 | 3.8 | Apr | 11% |
Mississippi hail — the questions people ask
Where does it hail the most in Mississippi?
By reported hail over the last 5 years, the most active counties in Mississippi are HINDS, RANKIN, Lee. Reports track population and spotter coverage as well as storms, so rural corridors can be under-counted; the persistent leaders on this table are real hail geography.
When is hail season in Mississippi?
Reported hail in Mississippi peaks around June, with most activity in the spring-through-midsummer window. Any single year can break the pattern.
How much of Mississippi's hail is damaging?
On this page, damaging means reported stones of 1.5″ or larger — the size that reliably dents roofs and vehicles and strips crops. The per-county damaging share is in the table; statewide, hail of any size totaled 301 reports over 5 years.