New York Hail Map & History
New York was hit as recently as 2026-09-02, 12 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 290 separate hail days in New York since 2010, across 1,650 individual storm reports. 36 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 4 inches on 2014-05-22 near Amsterdam, Montgomery.
New York's upstate corridor -- Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse -- takes summer hail from frontal convection. 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 New York. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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New York averages 17 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 2 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany.
When it hails in New York
New York's busiest hail month is July, with 72 of its 290 hail days on record. May through August holds 248 of them, 86% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| February | 2 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 9 |
| May | 49 |
| June | 66 |
| July | 72 |
| August | 61 |
| September | 19 |
| October | 7 |
| November | 2 |
Top New York counties by hail frequency
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Oneida | 37 | 2.50″ |
| Saratoga | 32 | 2.75″ |
| Broome | 30 | 3.00″ |
| Dutchess | 22 | 2.75″ |
| Otsego | 21 | 3.00″ |
| Albany | 20 | 2.00″ |
New York hail history by county
31 New York 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.
Oneida County · Saratoga County · Broome County · Dutchess County · Otsego County · Albany County · Essex County · Herkimer County · Onondaga County · Cayuga County · Clinton County · Delaware County · Madison County · Tompkins County · Chenango County · Rensselaer County · Steuben County · Ulster County · Orange County · Rockland County · Chautauqua County · Erie County · Fulton County · St. Lawrence County · Suffolk County · Chemung County · Oswego County · Sullivan County · Tioga County · Columbia County · Washington County
Recent New York hail days
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | 1.25″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2026-08-12 | 3.00″ | 26 |
| 2026-08-08 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-27 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-18 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-07-14 | 2.75″ | 5 |
How to read the New York 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, New York only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.