Baltimore suburbs take 1.75-inch hail, a 2-incher lands on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and Oak Brook, Illinois gets hit two days running.
July 2026
A 4.5-inch stone at Gresham, Wisconsin — the country’s biggest since May — and a 2-inch hail barrage across Chicago’s western suburbs.
A quiet 28-report day with one tight hail pocket — 2-inch hail at Fredericks Hall and 1.75-inchers all over Louisa County, Virginia.
A 2.5-inch stone at Vivian was the only real ice in a 113-report day — big numbers on the board, almost nothing on the roofs.
A 3-inch stone at Forbes, North Dakota, 2-inch hail across northwest Minnesota, and five hail reports on one small South Dakota town.
Ten tornadoes scattered from New Jersey to Arizona, a 2.25-inch stone in Virginia, and 32 reports with no real center of gravity.
A 66-report day split in two — a 3.25-inch stone in Upper Michigan, the biggest in over a week, and an 80 mph Iowa wind line.
The Dakotas drop the week’s biggest ice — a 2-inch stone at Dawson, ND, and an 87 mph gust near Herreid, South Dakota.
A Mid-Atlantic wind line with 41 reports — 73 mph gusts across Maryland, three Pennsylvania tornadoes, and almost no hail to speak of.
A wind-led 37-report day — 84 mph on the Jersey Shore, four tornadoes in North Dakota, and Montana’s lone 1.75-inch stone.
Only 22 reports, but a real hail day — 2.75-inch baseball ice in New York’s North Country and an 86 mph, 2.5-inch combo in Montana.
A desert-Southwest wind day with teeth in two corners — 1.75-inch hail in Michigan’s U.P. and a lone tornado south of Amarillo.
Five tornadoes in five different states — a scattered 51-report day from Florida to Iowa, biggest hail just 1.75 inches at Fredonia, Kansas.
The busiest day of the stretch — Kansas ran up 39 reports and an 80 mph gust at Goodland, while North Dakota dropped 2.5-inch hail at Heimdal.
Two hail pockets a thousand miles apart — Nebraska’s 2-inch stone at Fullerton and a surprise North Carolina hail cluster.
The action moved north and quieted down — 49 reports across the Dakotas and Wyoming, a 76 mph gust at Bowman, ND, no hail over 1.5 inches.
A small day with a strange middle — Minnesota spun up six tornadoes; biggest hail a 1.75-inch stone shared by Emory, TX and Witten, SD.
The 5th slept off the Fourth — just 64 reports, a 77 mph gust at Poland, OH and nothing bigger than 1.75-inch hail, in Texas and Montana.
The Fourth crashed the cookout — a 92 mph gust at Moore, OK and the day’s biggest stone, a rare 3-incher at Bristol, Connecticut.
July 3rd broke the big-hail streak — a 79 mph gust at Portage, MI and the day’s biggest stone just 2 inches, near Osage, Wyoming.
July 2nd turned violent — 154 reports, a 105 mph gust at Huron, SD and the nation’s biggest stone, 3.5 inches at Maynard, Iowa.
July 1st narrowed to one bullseye — Wisconsin took 32 hail reports and the nation’s biggest stone, 3.25 inches at Fond du Lac.
June 2026
June 30th turned to wind — 99 of 122 reports were gusts as a line raked the Central Plains, topping 85 mph at Martin, Nebraska.
June 29th broke the calm hard — 182 reports, 4-inch hail at Briarwood, North Dakota and a violent 131 mph gust at Highmore, South Dakota.
June 28th was the week’s quiet one — 41 scattered reports as the storms wound down, a loose wind day on the Dakotas with 2-inch hail at Delmar, Iowa.
June 27th’s storms jumped to the Northern Plains — 89 mph at Buffalo, Wyoming, a wind-heavy day, with 2-inch hail at Biddle, Montana.
June 26th stayed windy on the southern Plains — 96 mph at Fairmont, Oklahoma — but the biggest hail, 2 inches, landed in New Hampshire.
June 25th turned windy — a 110 mph gust at Slaton, Texas — while the biggest hail, 2.5 inches, fell at Boise City, Oklahoma.
June 24th ran the High Plains hail streak to a third day — 2.75-inch stones in Colorado and Nebraska, plus a new hail pocket in Wisconsin.
June 23rd went quiet on wind and tornadoes but stacked 99 hail reports — twin 3-inch cores over the Texas Panhandle and eastern Colorado.
June 22nd hammered the High Plains: 4-inch hail at Joes, Colorado, a 113 mph gust at Akron, and 94 hail reports inside a 167-report day.
June 21st spun up 40 tornadoes — most of them a swarm over Illinois — plus an 89 mph gust in Oklahoma and 3.2-inch hail in Nebraska.
June 20th was the week’s biggest: 226 reports, a 100 mph gust at Colby, Kansas, 11 tornadoes, and 2.75-inch hail at Menlo.
June 19th belonged to Minnesota: 54 hail reports statewide and a 2.25-inch stone on St. Paul’s doorstep, out of 83 nationwide.
June 18th eased off — 47 reports, led by a Kansas hail run topping out at 1.75 inches near Belle Plaine, with scattered wind elsewhere.
June 17th came in loud: a 94 mph gust at Albion, Iowa, 14 tornadoes, and 3-inch hail at Humboldt, Illinois inside 109 reports.
June 16th was all hail: a 4-inch monster at Cullison, Kansas and a 35-report Michigan barrage, inside 92 reports nationwide.
June 14th stayed small but spun up six tornadoes — a Pennsylvania-Ohio cluster — inside 41 reports, with a 90 mph gust in Ohio.
June 13, 2026: Kansas took the brunt of it — 101 of the day’s 170 storm reports, headlined by 4-inch hail in Winfield.
June 12, 2026 was a quiet, scattered day — 42 reports, mostly wind, split between the Plains and the Mid-Atlantic.