Florida was hit as recently as 2026-07-17, 14 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 388 separate hail days in Florida since 2010, across 1,218 individual storm reports. 32 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 3 inches on 2023-04-24 near Thonotosassa, Hillsborough.
Florida's central I-4 corridor and the panhandle see hail from strong spring frontal storms ahead of the summer wet season. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Florida. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Florida averages 23 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 2 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami.
Florida's busiest hail month is May, with 104 of its 388 hail days on record. March through July holds 324 of them, 84% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 10 |
| February | 15 |
| March | 43 |
| April | 52 |
| May | 104 |
| June | 80 |
| July | 45 |
| August | 19 |
| September | 12 |
| October | 3 |
| November | 4 |
| December | 1 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | 36 | 1.75″ |
| Duval | 30 | 2.75″ |
| Palm Beach | 29 | 2.00″ |
| Volusia | 26 | 2.00″ |
| Broward | 25 | 2.00″ |
| Seminole | 23 | 3.00″ |
24 Florida counties have at least 13 NOAA hail days on record since 2010 -- enough archive signal for a page of their own. Ordered by hail days.
Orange County · Duval County · Palm Beach County · Volusia County · Broward County · Seminole County · Brevard County · Escambia County · Flagler County · Miami-Dade County · Polk County · Osceola County · Bay County · Clay County · Hillsborough County · Lake County · Santa Rosa County · St. Johns County · Alachua County · Marion County · St. Lucie County · Walton County · Leon County · Martin County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-24 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-02 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-08 | 1.00″ | 2 |
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail in each ~1 km cell; the dots are individual SPC ground reports. Yellow is around an inch, red is 1.5 to 2″, and purple is 2″ and up -- see how hail size maps to roof damage. Click any spot on the map to see the hail history at that point, or look up a full street address on the hail history by address tool. Today's nationwide activity is on today's hail report.
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Florida only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.