Rank |
State |
Number of hail events |
1 |
Texas |
741 |
2 |
Kansas |
720 |
3 |
Missouri |
603 |
4 |
Nebraska |
575 |
5 |
Oklahoma |
524 |
6 |
Arkansas |
374 |
7 |
South Dakota |
361 |
8 |
North Carolina |
347 |
9 |
Ohio |
322 |
10 |
Illinois |
304 |
11 |
Virginia |
297 |
12 |
Iowa |
287 |
13 |
Georgia |
286 |
14 |
Mississippi |
265 |
15 |
Tennessee |
247 |
16 |
Kentucky |
239 |
17 |
Indiana |
236 |
18 |
South Carolina |
225 |
19 |
Alabama |
217 |
20 |
Colorado |
202 |
21 |
New York |
197 |
22 |
Minnesota |
192 |
23 |
Wisconsin |
185 |
24 |
Montana |
174 |
25 |
Pennsylvania |
157 |
26 |
North Dakota |
154 |
27 |
Michigan |
129 |
28 |
West Virginia |
129 |
29 |
Louisiana |
111 |
30 |
Wyoming |
100 |
31 |
Florida |
95 |
32 |
Maine |
73 |
33 |
Maryland |
62 |
34 |
Vermont |
56 |
35 |
Massachusetts |
41 |
36 |
New Hampshire |
39 |
37 |
New Jersey |
30 |
38 |
New Mexico |
28 |
39 |
Connecticut |
25 |
40 |
Arizona |
20 |
41 |
California |
13 |
42 |
Oregon |
10 |
43 |
Idaho |
6 |
44 |
Utah |
5 |
45 |
Delaware |
4 |
46 |
Rhode Island |
3 |
47 |
Nevada |
2 |
48 |
Washington |
2 |
49 |
D.C. |
1 |
50 |
Alaska (2) |
0 |
51 |
Hawaii (2) |
0 |
|
United States |
9,415 |
(1) One inch in diamater or larger.
(2) Alaska and Hawaii tie for the lowest rank, with no hailstorms in 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service. |