Hail on March 22, 2026: where it hit
The archived NWS Local Storm Reports for March 22, 2026 hold 190 hail reports across 5 states. The largest reported size, 2.00 inches, was logged 2 times (Knox County, Indiana). Ohio logged the most reports (84). Report sizes are as people reported them.
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 March 22, 2026
The 5 largest of 190 reports with a measured size. 2 reports share the top size of 2.00 inches. Report times are not kept in the archived file, so none are shown.
| Size | County | State | Lat, Lon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.00″ | Knox County | Indiana | 38.78, -87.31 |
| 2.00″ | Knox County | Indiana | 38.78, -87.31 |
| 1.75″ | Martin County | Indiana | 38.67, -86.91 |
| 1.75″ | Daviess County | Indiana | 38.66, -87.10 |
| 1.75″ | Martin County | Indiana | 38.59, -86.91 |
Counties with the most hail reports
Top 10 of 72 counties with at least one report; ties are listed by state, then name.
| County | State | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre County | Pennsylvania | 15 | 1.00″ |
| Grant County | Indiana | 12 | 1.00″ |
| Franklin County | Ohio | 9 | 1.50″ |
| Guernsey County | Ohio | 7 | 1.75″ |
| Richland County | Ohio | 7 | 1.00″ |
| Blackford County | Indiana | 5 | 1.50″ |
| Holmes County | Ohio | 5 | 1.50″ |
| Beaver County | Pennsylvania | 5 | 1.00″ |
| Delaware County | Indiana | 4 | 1.25″ |
| Knox County | Indiana | 4 | 2.00″ |
States with the most hail reports
All 5 states with reports.
- Ohio: 84 reports
- Indiana: 54 reports
- Pennsylvania: 38 reports
- Illinois: 12 reports
- West Virginia: 2 reports
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Questions about the March 22, 2026 hail
How big was the hail on March 22, 2026?
The largest reported stone on March 22, 2026 was 2.00 inches, among 190 reports nationwide.
Where did it hail on March 22, 2026?
Reports by state: Ohio (84), Indiana (54), Pennsylvania (38), Illinois (12), West Virginia (2). Counties with the most reports: Centre County, PA (15), Grant County, IN (12), Franklin County, OH (9).
Did the March 22, 2026 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-2026.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