Hail on July 10, 2023: where it hit

The archived NWS Local Storm Reports for July 10, 2023 hold 179 hail reports across 15 states. The largest reported size, 2.75 inches, was logged 3 times (Emmet County, Iowa; Lincoln County, Nebraska). Nebraska logged the most reports (39). Report sizes are as people reported them.

179
NWS reports
2.75″
largest reported
102
severe size (NWS, 1″+)
15
states reporting

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Central (12:00 to 12:00 UTC), as the Storm Prediction Center counts it, so an evening storm stays on the day it fell.

Radar swath archive begins after this date. The dated reports on this page are the record for this day.

Largest reported stones on July 10, 2023

The 5 largest of 179 reports with a measured size. 3 reports share the top size of 2.75 inches. Report times are not kept in the archived file, so none are shown.

SizeCountyStateLat, Lon
2.75″Emmet CountyIowa43.36, -94.70
2.75″Lincoln CountyNebraska41.29, -100.77
2.75″Lincoln CountyNebraska41.22, -100.77
2.50″Lincoln CountyNebraska41.14, -100.75
2.50″Keith CountyNebraska41.10, -101.95

Counties with the most hail reports

Top 10 of 68 counties with at least one report; ties are listed by state, then name.

CountyStateReportsLargest
Marquette CountyMichigan231.50″
Lincoln CountyNebraska182.75″
Vilas CountyWisconsin101.00″
Knox CountyNebraska82.00″
Bonner CountyIdaho51.00″
Emmet CountyIowa42.75″
Alger CountyMichigan42.00″
Rice CountyMinnesota41.00″
Oklahoma CountyOklahoma41.25″
Bon Homme CountySouth Dakota41.75″

States with the most hail reports

Top 10 of 15 states.

  1. Nebraska: 39 reports
  2. Wisconsin: 34 reports
  3. Michigan: 33 reports
  4. Minnesota: 12 reports
  5. South Dakota: 12 reports
  6. Iowa: 11 reports
  7. Washington: 10 reports
  8. Idaho: 8 reports
  9. Oklahoma: 6 reports
  10. Kansas: 3 reports

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Questions about the July 10, 2023 hail

How big was the hail on July 10, 2023?

The largest reported stone on July 10, 2023 was 2.75 inches, among 179 reports nationwide.

Where did it hail on July 10, 2023?

Reports by state: Nebraska (39), Wisconsin (34), Michigan (33), Minnesota (12), South Dakota (12) and 10 more. Counties with the most reports: Marquette County, MI (23), Lincoln County, NE (18), Vilas County, WI (10).

Did the July 10, 2023 hail hit my address?

Use the hail map's address search: it lists every dated report within 10 miles of any US address (5 or 25 if you pick) and, for days in the radar archive, tests your exact point against the estimated swath, then prints a sourced report you can keep.

How these figures are built

Reports are NWS Local Storm Reports of hail, pulled from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page reads data/hail/events-2023.json (pulled 2026-10-17). Local Storm Reports are preliminary and unverified: sizes are what spotters, the public and emergency managers reported, and NOAA NCEI's Storm Data, published months later, is the verified record. A report with no size counts toward the total but not toward the size figures. Severe size means 1 inch or larger, the National Weather Service threshold. Crops can be hurt by smaller hail, especially with wind, and the loss depends on growth stage: the corn growing point stays below ground until about V6, and leaf loss near tasseling costs the most yield. State is the state named on the report. County is not carried in the archived file; it is assigned here by placing each report's coordinates (rounded to about 1 km) inside US Census cartographic county boundaries, so a report near a county line can land in the neighboring county.

Method: one day of hail reports, counted and ranked as filed; county placed by coordinates; severe means 1″ or larger (NWS) · Sources: NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet, NOAA MRMS MESH, US Census county boundaries, Assessing Hail Damage to Corn (NCH-1) · Reviewed by Sigurd Lindquist, CCA

Sources: NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (reported sizes, preliminary); NOAA MRMS MESH via Iowa State (radar-estimated swaths); US Census cartographic boundaries (county placement). Compiled by Sigurd Lindquist · AGSIST.