The most recent reported hail day was 2023-12-09 -- 2 years ago, with nothing reported since. Smith County is hit in about half the years on record. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2011-04-27 near Polkville.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Mississippi. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2023-12-09, around Shady Grove. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Smith 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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See call-center options ->NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 19 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.1 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 28 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 8 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2016, with 3 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 2 days since 2022, against 1.4 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 19 days on record passed it, 5%, the last on 2011-04-27. They land in the same month as everything else, April. 5 of the 19 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Mississippi, see the Mississippi hail map and history.
Reports cluster nearest Raleigh -- 7 of the county's 19 hail days -- then Mize (5), Taylorsville (4), Pineville (3) and Polkville (2). Beyond those, NOAA names White Oak on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Raleigh | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Taylorsville | 3 | 1.00″ |
| Polkville | 2 | 2.75″ |
| 3 Ne Mize | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Pineville | 2 | 1.75″ |
The season runs February through June: 17 of the 19 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (89%). April is the single busiest month, with 5 of them (26%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in January and December, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 2 |
| March | 4 |
| April | 5 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 5 |
| December | 1 |
That day put 2 reports on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Shady Grove. No hail day has been reported here yet this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-09 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2023-03-25 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2020-04-18 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2017-06-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2017-02-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2016-04-14 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2016-02-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2016-01-21 | 1.00″ | 1 |
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 2.75 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Jasper County (16 hail days), Simpson County (28) and Scott County (37). Smith County sits in between.
Jasper County · Simpson County · Scott County
Back to the Mississippi hail map or the U.S. hail map.
Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Smith County, Mississippi only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.