Facts + Statistics: Hail

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NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary reported 5,432 hail events in 2025 compared to 5,373 in 2024. Texas and Illinois had the largest number of hail events according to NOAA in 2025.

According to a March 2023 analysis by State Farm, the company paid out over $3.5 billion in hail claims in 2022, an increase of more than $1 billion from 2021 due to increased hail claims and inflation. State Farm’s top states for hail claims were Minnesota, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois and Nebraska.

Property hail claims

Top 10 States By Number Of Major Hail Events, 2025 (1)

Rank	State	Number of hail events
1	Texas	902
2	Illinois	375
3	Missouri	369
4	Mississippi	315
5	Alabama	253
6	North Dakota	244
7	Indiana	232
8	Oklahoma	216
9	Arkansas	167
10	Minnesota	154
	United States	5,432

(1) Hailstones one inch in diameter or larger.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service.

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Resources

Verisk Ice, Fire, Wind, and Water Whitepaper Series (includes Hail and Severe Thunderstorm Risk)
State Farm Hail Report, March 14, 2023
NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary 2022
NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary 2023