Nebraska was hit as recently as 2026-07-30, 1 day ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 1,015 separate hail days in Nebraska since 2010, across 9,865 individual storm reports. 358 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 ->Nebraska averages 60 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 21 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island.
Nebraska's busiest hail month is June, with 232 of its 1,015 hail days on record. April through August holds 878 of them, 87% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| March | 25 |
| April | 79 |
| May | 173 |
| June | 232 |
| July | 220 |
| August | 174 |
| September | 77 |
| October | 30 |
| November | 4 |
| December | 1 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry | 149 | 4.25″ |
| Lincoln | 141 | 4.25″ |
| Custer | 126 | 3.00″ |
| Sheridan | 110 | 4.00″ |
| Keith | 84 | 4.25″ |
| Buffalo | 83 | 4.00″ |
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 · Lancaster County · Cheyenne County · Holt County · Dawson County · Scotts Bluff County · Furnas County · Douglas County · Box Butte County · Hitchcock County · Garden County · Chase County · Dawes County · Frontier County · Kimball County · Dundy County · Morrill County · Perkins County · Clay County · Adams County · Sioux County · Thayer County · Hayes County · Cass County · Knox County · Platte County · Blaine County · Brown County · Saunders County · Jefferson County · Sherman County · Dodge County · Gage County · Hamilton County · Valley County · York County · Hall County · Red Willow County · Seward County · Deuel County · Franklin County · Harlan County · Logan County · McPherson County · Howard County · Rock County · Webster County · Saline County · Sarpy County · Madison County · Otoe County · Nuckolls County · Phelps County · Fillmore County · Keya Paha County · Butler County · Garfield County · Kearney County · Antelope County · Nemaha County · Boone County · Cedar County · Grant County · Loup County · Merrick County · Pierce County · Arthur County · Richardson County · Washington County · Banner County · Greeley County · Polk County · Gosper County · Hooker County · Thomas County · Wheeler County · Colfax County · Boyd County · Cuming County · Dixon County · Johnson County · Pawnee County · Burt County · Stanton County · Wayne County · Nance County · Thurston County
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-28 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2026-07-09 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2026-07-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-04 | 2.50″ | 10 |
| 2026-07-03 | 1.75″ | 14 |
| 2026-07-02 | 3.00″ | 11 |
| 2026-06-29 | 3.00″ | 17 |
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, Nebraska only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.