Hail in Utah — where it hits, county by county
Utah logged 88 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 Utah →Top hail counties in Utah (2022–2026)
| County | Reports | Avg/yr | Peak month | % damaging (≥1.5″) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 19 | 3.8 | Jun | 16% |
| Grand | 16 | 3.2 | Jun | 6% |
| Utah | 12 | 2.4 | Aug | 17% |
| GRAND | 7 | 1.4 | May | 0% |
| Cache | 5 | 1.0 | Apr | 0% |
| Carbon | 5 | 1.0 | Jun | 20% |
| SALT LAKE | 4 | 0.8 | Apr | 0% |
| Tooele | 4 | 0.8 | Jul | 25% |
| Uintah | 4 | 0.8 | Jun | 0% |
| Box Elder | 4 | 0.8 | Jun | 0% |
| San Juan | 4 | 0.8 | Jun | 25% |
| Davis | 4 | 0.8 | Aug | 0% |
Utah hail — the questions people ask
Where does it hail the most in Utah?
By reported hail over the last 5 years, the most active counties in Utah are Salt Lake, Grand, Utah. 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 Utah?
Reported hail in Utah peaks around June, with most activity in the spring-through-midsummer window. Any single year can break the pattern.
How much of Utah'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 88 reports over 5 years.