Kansas Hail Map & History
Kansas was hit as recently as 2026-10-13, 16 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 1,069 separate hail days in Kansas since 2010, across 11,903 individual storm reports. 387 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 6 inches on 2011-05-24 near Timken, Rush.
Kansas sits in the heart of hail alley. Wichita and the Kansas City metro see frequent supercell hail from April through June. Pick a date below to see the NOAA radar swath and reports, or check a specific address.
Hail size, inches
- 0.25 in, pea
- 0.75 in, penny
- 1 in, quarter
- 1.25 in, half dollar
- 1.5 in, ping pong ball
- 1.75 in, golf ball
- 2 in, hen egg
- 2.5 in, tennis ball
- 3 in and up, teacup
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Kansas. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Hail history in Kansas
Kansas averages 63 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 23 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Wichita, Kansas City, Topeka, Overland Park.
When it hails in Kansas
Kansas's busiest hail month is June, with 211 of its 1,069 hail days on record. April through August holds 865 of them, 81% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| February | 8 |
| March | 53 |
| April | 128 |
| May | 210 |
| June | 211 |
| July | 159 |
| August | 157 |
| September | 94 |
| October | 37 |
| November | 10 |
| December | 2 |
Top Kansas counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 116 | 4.25″ |
| Ford | 100 | 5.00″ |
| Sherman | 99 | 3.00″ |
| Butler | 92 | 3.00″ |
| Logan | 83 | 4.25″ |
| Rawlins | 79 | 4.00″ |
Kansas hail history by county
105 Kansas 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.
Sedgwick County · Ford County · Sherman County · Butler County · Logan County · Rawlins County · Thomas County · Cheyenne County · Ellis County · Trego County · Barton County · Johnson County · Reno County · Cowley County · McPherson County · Rush County · Shawnee County · Dickinson County · Ness County · Scott County · Gray County · Jewell County · Hodgeman County · Phillips County · Osborne County · Gove County · Lyon County · Pawnee County · Stanton County · Sumner County · Ottawa County · Russell County · Wallace County · Rooks County · Sheridan County · Cherokee County · Cloud County · Finney County · Hamilton County · Lincoln County · Morton County · Ellsworth County · Riley County · Kearny County · Montgomery County · Clark County · Comanche County · Pottawatomie County · Pratt County · Rice County · Decatur County · Harvey County · Kingman County · Osage County · Meade County · Marion County · Stafford County · Wabaunsee County · Washington County · Wichita County · Grant County · Marshall County · Norton County · Saline County · Edwards County · Greenwood County · Mitchell County · Graham County · Kiowa County · Morris County · Stevens County · Smith County · Barber County · Haskell County · Jackson County · Leavenworth County · Geary County · Crawford County · Seward County · Coffey County · Jefferson County · Labette County · Lane County · Franklin County · Nemaha County · Greeley County · Harper County · Republic County · Clay County · Douglas County · Chase County · Chautauqua County · Wilson County · Allen County · Neosho County · Wyandotte County · Anderson County · Bourbon County · Miami County · Brown County · Atchison County · Linn County · Woodson County · Elk County · Doniphan County
Recent Kansas hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | 1.75″ | 9 |
| 2026-09-19 | 2.00″ | 9 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2.00″ | 6 |
| 2026-09-12 | 2.00″ | 13 |
| 2026-09-06 | 1.25″ | 5 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-21 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1.75″ | 2 |
How to read the Kansas map
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. Deep violet is around an inch, the violet grows lighter as the hail grows, and pale lilac to near-white 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.
Nearby states
Nebraska · South Dakota · Oklahoma · Colorado · Missouri · Minnesota
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Kansas only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.