Oakland County, Michigan Hail Map & History
Oakland County was hit as recently as 2026-07-15, 61 days ago. Oakland County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2.5 inches, a tennis ball and 2.5 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2014-07-27 near Milford.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Michigan. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-07-15, around Holly. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Oakland 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 28 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.6 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 62 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. 6 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2026, with 4 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 10 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 2 of the 28 days on record passed it, 7%, the last on 2017-09-04. They land in the same month as everything else, July. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 6 of the 28 days.
Across the whole of Michigan, see the Michigan hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Oakland County
Reports cluster nearest Milford -- 5 of the county's 28 hail days -- then West Bloomfield (5), Troy (4), White Lake (3) and South Lyon (2). Beyond those, NOAA names Highland, Novi, Southfield, Clarkston, Holly and Pontiac on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| White Lake | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 4 Ese Milford | 2 | 1.75″ |
| 5 N Milford | 1 | 2.50″ |
| 1 Ssw South Lyon | 1 | 2.00″ |
| 2 S Royal Oak | 1 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Oakland County
The season runs April through August: 23 of the 28 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (82%). July is the single busiest month, with 9 of them (32%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in February, March and September, outside that window. Reports span 8 of the 12 calendar months; the other 4 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| February | 2 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 4 |
| May | 2 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 9 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 2 |
Recent Oakland County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Holly. 4 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-16 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-02-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-06-24 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-05-19 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2024-02-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-20 | 1.25″ | 2 |
How to read the Oakland 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 2.5 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: Wayne County (20 hail days), Macomb County (24) and Livingston County (13). Oakland County takes more hail than any of them.
Wayne County · Macomb County · Livingston County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Oakland County, Michigan only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.