Nebraska Hail Map & History
Nebraska was hit as recently as 2026-09-13, 1 day ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 1,045 separate hail days in Nebraska since 2010, across 10,029 individual storm reports. 369 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 5 inches on 2022-06-11 near Beatrice, Gage.
Nebraska's eastern metros -- Omaha and Lincoln -- and the central Platte valley are struck by large hail nearly every storm season. 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 Nebraska. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Hail history in Nebraska
Nebraska averages 61 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 22 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island.
When it hails in Nebraska
Nebraska's busiest hail month is June, with 237 of its 1,045 hail days on record. May through September holds 906 of them, 87% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| March | 25 |
| April | 79 |
| May | 173 |
| June | 237 |
| July | 223 |
| August | 191 |
| September | 82 |
| October | 30 |
| November | 4 |
| December | 1 |
Top Nebraska counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry | 155 | 4.25″ |
| Lincoln | 141 | 4.25″ |
| Custer | 128 | 3.00″ |
| Sheridan | 113 | 4.50″ |
| Keith | 86 | 4.25″ |
| Buffalo | 83 | 4.00″ |
Nebraska hail history by county
92 Nebraska 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.
Cherry County · Lincoln County · Custer County · Sheridan County · Keith County · Buffalo County · Holt County · Cheyenne County · Lancaster County · Dawson County · Scotts Bluff County · Furnas County · Douglas County · Box Butte County · Kimball County · Dawes County · Morrill County · Hitchcock County · Chase County · Garden County · Frontier County · Dundy County · Perkins County · Clay County · Sioux County · Adams County · Thayer County · Hayes County · Cass County · Knox County · Platte County · Blaine County · Brown County · Dodge County · Jefferson County · Saunders County · Gage County · Sherman County · Hamilton County · Red Willow County · Valley County · York County · Deuel County · Hall County · Harlan County · McPherson County · Rock County · Seward County · Franklin County · Logan County · Saline County · Howard County · Sarpy County · Webster County · Madison County · Otoe County · Nuckolls County · Phelps County · Fillmore County · Garfield County · Keya Paha County · Antelope County · Butler County · Kearney County · Nemaha County · Boone County · Cedar County · Merrick County · Pierce County · Grant County · Loup County · Arthur County · Richardson County · Washington County · Banner County · Greeley County · Hooker County · Polk County · Thomas County · Gosper County · Wheeler County · Boyd County · Colfax County · Cuming County · Johnson County · Dixon County · Pawnee County · Burt County · Nance County · Stanton County · Wayne County · Thurston County
Recent Nebraska hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-09-12 | 1.75″ | 8 |
| 2026-09-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2.50″ | 12 |
| 2026-09-01 | 2.75″ | 23 |
| 2026-08-27 | 2.50″ | 16 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1.50″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Nebraska 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.
Nearby states
South Dakota · Oklahoma · Colorado · Missouri · Minnesota · Iowa
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Nebraska only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.