Hail on May 16, 2022 — where it hit

152 National Weather Service hail reports were logged on May 16, 2022, the largest a reported 3.00″ stone, with 30 reports at damaging size (1.5″ or larger). Hardest-reported states: Texas (21), New York (20), Maryland (19), Oklahoma (17), Pennsylvania (14), Vermont (10). Every number below is the public record — reported sizes from spotters and radar-estimated swaths from NOAA MRMS, labeled as what they are.

152
NWS reports
3.00″
largest reported
30
reports ≥1.5″

Radar swath archive begins after this date — the dated reports above are the record for this day.

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Questions about the May 16, 2022 hail

How big was the hail on May 16, 2022?

The largest reported stone on May 16, 2022 was 3.00 inches, among 152 reports nationwide.

Did the May 16, 2022 hail hit my address?

Use the hail map's address search: it lists every dated report within 25 miles of any US address and, for days in the radar archive, tests your exact point against the estimated swath — then prints a sourced report you can keep.

Sources: NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (reported sizes); NOAA MRMS MESH via Iowa State (radar-estimated swaths). Reported and estimated are different things and are labeled throughout. Compiled by Sigurd Lindquist · AGSIST · no charge, no login.