Ohio was hit as recently as 2026-06-25, 36 days ago. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 372 separate hail days in Ohio since 2010, across 2,648 individual storm reports. 54 of those days brought hail 2 inches or larger, and the largest stone on record is 3.5 inches on 2023-02-27 near Beverly, Washington.
Ohio takes spring and summer hail from frontal storms across Columbus, Dayton, and the Cleveland area. 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 Ohio. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
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See call-center options ->Ohio averages 22 reported hail days a year across 17 years of NOAA archive, about 3 of them carrying hail 2″ or larger -- the size that routinely totals roofs. Major metros watched here: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton.
Ohio's busiest hail month is May, with 76 of its 372 hail days on record. March through August holds 325 of them, 87% of the record.
| Month | Hail days since 2010 |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 7 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 44 |
| May | 76 |
| June | 71 |
| July | 59 |
| August | 45 |
| September | 26 |
| October | 9 |
| November | 2 |
| December | 1 |
| County | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 33 | 2.00″ |
| Franklin | 33 | 1.75″ |
| Summit | 30 | 2.50″ |
| Stark | 29 | 2.00″ |
| Cuyahoga | 27 | 2.00″ |
| Butler | 26 | 2.00″ |
58 Ohio 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.
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| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | 1.75″ | 6 |
| 2026-06-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-06-06 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2026-05-16 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2026-04-22 | 1.50″ | 14 |
| 2026-04-15 | 2.00″ | 35 |
| 2026-04-14 | 1.50″ | 3 |
| 2026-04-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
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, Ohio only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.