Saline County, Arkansas Hail Map & History
Saline County was hit as recently as 2026-08-22, 23 days ago. Saline County is hit in most years, often more than once. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2015-03-31 near Bryant.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Arkansas. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-22, around East End. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Saline County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 37 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.2 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 91 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 3 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 9 of the 37 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 13 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 37 days on record passed it, 3%, the last on 2015-03-31. They land in the same month as everything else, March. 12 of the 37 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Arkansas, see the Arkansas hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Saline County
Reports cluster nearest Benton -- 16 of the county's 37 hail days -- then Bryant (9), Haskell (6), Bauxite (5) and Paron (5). That one town is named on 43% of them. Beyond those, NOAA names East End, Crows, Congo, Avilla, Springhill, Traskwood, Grape and Alexander on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | 9 | 1.75″ |
| Bryant | 6 | 2.00″ |
| East End | 4 | 1.75″ |
| Paron | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 2 N Springhill | 3 | 1.25″ |
When it hails in Saline County
The season runs February through July: 31 of the 37 hail days on record fall in those 6 months (84%). March is the single busiest month, with 9 of them (24%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in January, August, October and December, outside that window. September and November are the only months that have never produced a reported hail day.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 2 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 9 |
| May | 7 |
| June | 2 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 2 |
| October | 2 |
| December | 1 |
Recent Saline County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near East End. 2 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-05-24 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2024-04-08 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-01-11 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-06-16 | 1.75″ | 7 |
| 2023-06-14 | 1.25″ | 4 |
How to read the Saline County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Pulaski County (66 hail days), Grant County (19) and Hot Spring County (29). Saline County sits in between.
Pulaski County · Grant County · Hot Spring County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Saline County, Arkansas only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.