Hail on April 5, 2023 — where it hit

272 National Weather Service hail reports were logged on April 5, 2023, the largest a reported 4.00″ stone, with 34 reports at damaging size (1.5″ or larger). Hardest-reported states: Iowa (47), Missouri (47), Wisconsin (42), Kansas (38), Minnesota (16), Michigan (16). Every number below is the public record — reported sizes from spotters and radar-estimated swaths from NOAA MRMS, labeled as what they are.

272
NWS reports
4.00″
largest reported
34
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 April 5, 2023 hail

How big was the hail on April 5, 2023?

The largest reported stone on April 5, 2023 was 4.00 inches, among 272 reports nationwide.

Did the April 5, 2023 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.