Hail on August 26, 2026: where it hit
The archived NWS Local Storm Reports for August 26, 2026 hold 45 hail reports across 12 states. The largest reported size, 2.50 inches, was logged 2 times (Laramie County, Wyoming). Colorado logged the most reports (12). Report sizes are as people reported them; radar sizes are NOAA estimates.
Largest reported stones on August 26, 2026
The 5 largest of 45 reports with a measured size. 2 reports share the top size of 2.50 inches. Report times are not kept in the archived file, so none are shown.
| Size | County | State | Lat, Lon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.50″ | Laramie County | Wyoming | 41.35, -104.63 |
| 2.50″ | Laramie County | Wyoming | 41.35, -104.63 |
| 2.00″ | White County | Arkansas | 35.18, -91.73 |
| 2.00″ | Laramie County | Wyoming | 41.38, -104.56 |
| 1.75″ | Le Flore County | Oklahoma | 34.90, -94.99 |
Counties with the most hail reports
Top 10 of 19 counties with at least one report; ties are listed by state, then name.
| County | State | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| White County | Arkansas | 9 | 2.00″ |
| Douglas County | Colorado | 9 | 1.25″ |
| Laramie County | Wyoming | 4 | 2.50″ |
| Arapahoe County | Colorado | 3 | 1.25″ |
| Red Willow County | Nebraska | 3 | 1.50″ |
| Howard County | Indiana | 2 | 1.00″ |
| Kosciusko County | Indiana | 2 | 1.00″ |
| Tarrant County | Texas | 2 | 1.50″ |
| Lonoke County | Arkansas | 1 | 1.25″ |
| Marion County | Arkansas | 1 | 1.00″ |
States with the most hail reports
Top 10 of 12 states.
- Colorado: 12 reports
- Arkansas: 11 reports
- Indiana: 4 reports
- Nebraska: 4 reports
- Wyoming: 4 reports
- Florida: 3 reports
- Texas: 2 reports
- Arizona: 1 report
- Georgia: 1 report
- New Mexico: 1 report
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Questions about the August 26, 2026 hail
How big was the hail on August 26, 2026?
The largest reported stone on August 26, 2026 was 2.50 inches, among 45 reports nationwide. NOAA MRMS MESH radar also estimated the swath footprint.
Where did it hail on August 26, 2026?
Reports by state: Colorado (12), Arkansas (11), Indiana (4), Nebraska (4), Wyoming (4) and 7 more. Counties with the most reports: White County, AR (9), Douglas County, CO (9), Laramie County, WY (4).
Did the August 26, 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 inch or larger, the National Weather Service severe-hail size. 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. Radar figures are NOAA MRMS MESH, a radar estimate of maximum hail size, not a measurement.