Hail on August 25, 2026: where it hit
On August 25, 2026, the archived NWS Local Storm Reports hold 37 hail reports across 10 states; the largest reported stone was 3.25 inches, in Nelson County, North Dakota, and South Dakota logged the most reports (12). Every number below is the public record: reported sizes from spotters and radar-estimated swaths from NOAA MRMS, labeled as what they are.
Largest reported stones on August 25, 2026
The 5 largest of 36 reports with a measured size (1 more carried no size). Report times are not kept in the archived file, so none are shown.
| Size | County | State | Lat, Lon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.25″ | Nelson County | North Dakota | 47.85, -98.46 |
| 3.00″ | Nelson County | North Dakota | 47.85, -98.44 |
| 3.00″ | Harmon County | Oklahoma | 34.67, -99.77 |
| 3.00″ | Campbell County | South Dakota | 45.75, -100.14 |
| 2.75″ | Campbell County | South Dakota | 45.73, -100.15 |
Counties with the most hail reports
Top 10 of 21 counties with at least one report; ties are listed by state, then name.
| County | State | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson County | North Dakota | 5 | 3.25″ |
| Bennett County | South Dakota | 5 | 2.50″ |
| Beaufort County | South Carolina | 3 | 0.25″ |
| Campbell County | South Dakota | 3 | 3.00″ |
| Carlton County | Minnesota | 2 | 1.00″ |
| Pine County | Minnesota | 2 | 1.25″ |
| LaMoure County | North Dakota | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Goshen County | Wyoming | 2 | 1.25″ |
| Bacon County | Georgia | 1 | 0.50″ |
| Chatham County | Georgia | 1 | 0.75″ |
States with the most hail reports
All 10 states with reports.
- South Dakota: 12 reports
- North Dakota: 9 reports
- Minnesota: 4 reports
- South Carolina: 3 reports
- Georgia: 2 reports
- Texas: 2 reports
- Wyoming: 2 reports
- Louisiana: 1 report
- Nebraska: 1 report
- Oklahoma: 1 report
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Questions about the August 25, 2026 hail
How big was the hail on August 25, 2026?
The largest reported stone on August 25, 2026 was 3.25 inches, among 37 reports nationwide. Radar (NOAA MRMS MESH) also estimated the swath footprint, an estimate, not a measurement.
Where did it hail on August 25, 2026?
Reports by state: South Dakota (12), North Dakota (9), Minnesota (4), South Carolina (3), Georgia (2) and 5 more. Counties with the most reports: Nelson County, ND (5), Bennett County, SD (5), Beaufort County, SC (3).
Did the August 25, 2026 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.
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 2026-10-01). 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. Damaging size means 1.5 inches or larger. 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 neighbouring county. Radar figures are NOAA MRMS MESH, a radar estimate of maximum hail size, not a measurement.