Allen County, Ohio Hail Map & History
Allen County was hit as recently as 2026-08-12, 33 days ago. Allen County is hit in about half the years on record. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-08-12 near Lima.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Ohio. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-08-12, around Lima. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Allen 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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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 14 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 0.8 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 25 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 9 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2011 alone produced 3 of the 14 days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 5 days since 2022.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 14 days on record passed it, 7%, the last on 2026-08-12. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in August, not May. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 2 of the 14 days.
Across the whole of Ohio, see the Ohio hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Allen County
Reports cluster nearest Lima -- 5 of the county's 14 hail days -- then Cairo (2), Delphos (2) and Elida (2).
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Lima | 2 | 2.00″ |
| Elida | 2 | 1.00″ |
| Bluffton | 1 | 1.75″ |
| 1 W Lima | 1 | 1.50″ |
| 1 Se Cairo | 1 | 1.25″ |
When it hails in Allen County
The season runs March through July: 13 of the 14 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (93%). May is the single busiest month, with 4 of them (29%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in August, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 3 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 4 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 3 |
| August | 1 |
Recent Allen County hail days
That day put 9 reports on the map, the biggest 2 inches near Lima. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | 2.00″ | 9 |
| 2023-07-20 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2023-03-22 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-05-03 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-03-23 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-03-28 | 1.25″ | 2 |
| 2017-07-16 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2017-07-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Allen County map
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 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Auglaize County (15 hail days), Hancock County (19) and Mercer County (14). Allen County sits in between.
Auglaize County · Hancock County · Mercer County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Allen County, Ohio only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.