Kentucky was hit as recently as 2026-07-03, 28 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 331 separate hail days in Kentucky since 2010, across 2,250 individual storm reports. 56 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4.5 inches on 2025-05-16 near La Center, Ballard.
Kentucky takes spring hail from frontal storms across Louisville, Lexington, and the western counties. 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 Kentucky. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Kentucky averages 19 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 3 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Owensboro.
Kentucky's busiest hail month is May, with 73 of its 331 hail days on record. March through August holds 279 of them, 84% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 7 |
| February | 17 |
| March | 36 |
| April | 57 |
| May | 73 |
| June | 48 |
| July | 45 |
| August | 20 |
| September | 10 |
| October | 8 |
| November | 4 |
| December | 6 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 27 | 2.00″ |
| Pulaski | 25 | 4.00″ |
| Pike | 25 | 3.00″ |
| Daviess | 24 | 2.75″ |
| Warren | 22 | 2.75″ |
| Breckinridge | 22 | 1.75″ |
40 Kentucky 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.
Jefferson County · Pike County · Pulaski County · Daviess County · Breckinridge County · Graves County · Warren County · Calloway County · Christian County · McCracken County · Ohio County · Lawrence County · Marshall County · Oldham County · Jackson County · Shelby County · Breathitt County · Grayson County · Hopkins County · Rockcastle County · Butler County · Franklin County · Hardin County · Laurel County · Madison County · Nelson County · Carter County · Harlan County · Hart County · Scott County · Webster County · Anderson County · Bath County · Caldwell County · Casey County · Floyd County · Johnson County · Kenton County · Morgan County · Muhlenberg County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-27 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2026-04-16 | 2.00″ | 11 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2026-02-19 | 1.00″ | 10 |
| 2025-11-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
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, Kentucky only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.