Mississippi Hail Map & History
Mississippi was hit as recently as 2026-08-21, 24 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 460 separate hail days in Mississippi since 2010, across 2,729 individual storm reports. 74 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 5 inches on 2023-06-14 near Brooksville, Noxubee.
Mississippi sees damaging hail from spring frontal systems across Jackson and the northern half of the state. 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 Mississippi. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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Mississippi averages 27 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 4 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Jackson, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Tupelo.
When it hails in Mississippi
Mississippi's busiest hail month is April, with 95 of its 460 hail days on record. February through July holds 378 of them, 82% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 20 |
| February | 29 |
| March | 81 |
| April | 95 |
| May | 76 |
| June | 73 |
| July | 24 |
| August | 20 |
| September | 14 |
| October | 10 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 11 |
Top Mississippi counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Rankin | 58 | 2.75″ |
| Hinds | 41 | 4.25″ |
| Lee | 40 | 2.50″ |
| Scott | 37 | 2.50″ |
| Madison | 37 | 1.75″ |
| DeSoto | 35 | 2.00″ |
Mississippi hail history by county
59 Mississippi 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.
Rankin County · Hinds County · Lee County · Madison County · Scott County · DeSoto County · Copiah County · Lowndes County · Jones County · Leake County · Lincoln County · Washington County · Neshoba County · Winston County · Lauderdale County · Monroe County · Newton County · Bolivar County · Simpson County · Forrest County · Holmes County · Itawamba County · Attala County · Yazoo County · Lamar County · Panola County · Union County · Jefferson Davis County · Marion County · Lafayette County · Lawrence County · Montgomery County · Pontotoc County · Clarke County · Sunflower County · Carroll County · Grenada County · Jackson County · Smith County · Harrison County · Noxubee County · Oktibbeha County · Tate County · Warren County · Franklin County · Kemper County · Marshall County · Tippah County · Jasper County · Pearl River County · Tishomingo County · Choctaw County · Clay County · Jefferson County · Leflore County · Yalobusha County · Alcorn County · Prentiss County · Webster County
Recent Mississippi hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | 1.25″ | 3 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1.50″ | 4 |
| 2026-06-19 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-01 | 1.50″ | 4 |
| 2026-05-17 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-10 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2026-05-08 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-05-06 | 2.75″ | 10 |
How to read the Mississippi 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. 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, Mississippi only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.