Top 20 Highest Hail
Top 20 Highest Hail Reported in March 2026, by IDOLCheck. Also: SPC ground-truth winds · US hail map.
Strongest hail March 2026: 6.1" in Kankakee County, IL. SPC local storm reports only — measured stones, not radar tags.
| # | County | State | Peak | Source | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kankakee County | Illinois | 6.1" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“A hailstone measuring 156 mm or 6.14 inches in diameter... 16 inches in circumference... and 16.25 oz in weight was found on Osborn Ave in Kankakee... Illinois. The hai (LOT)” | |||||
| 2 | Livingston County | Illinois | 5" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 3 | DuPage County | Illinois | 4.8" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Photo shared to office email account of hailstone measuring 4.8 inches in diameter near the intersection of 75th Street and Cass Ave in Darien. Time estimated by radar. (LOT)” | |||||
| 4 | Platte County | Missouri | 4.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)” | |||||
| 5 | Real County | Texas | 4.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 6 | Starr County | Texas | 4.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 7, 2026 |
“Texas Department of Public Safety reports hail up to the size of softballs at the intersection of FM 3176 and Santa Elena Lane in Starr County in the vicinity of Rio Gr (BRO)” | |||||
| 7 | Will County | Illinois | 3" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Photo shared of hail measuring just over 3 inches in diameter in Bolingbrook. Time estimated by radar. (LOT)” | |||||
| 8 | Wyandotte County | Kansas | 3" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)” | |||||
| 9 | Bandera County | Texas | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Hail up to baseball size; broken windshield on car. On RM 337 between Vanderpool and Medina. Time estimated via radar. (EWX)” | |||||
| 10 | Huntington County | Indiana | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 26, 2026 |
“Photo on Facebook showing hailstone the size of a medium sized lemon (estimating 2 to 3 inches). Public report from north of Mt Etna off of SR 9. Time estimated via rad (IWX)” | |||||
| 11 | Johnson County | Iowa | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 12 | Oklahoma County | Oklahoma | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 13 | Ottawa County | Michigan | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 14 | Stephens County | Texas | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). (FWD)” | |||||
| 15 | Stephenson County | Illinois | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 16 | Taylor County | Texas | 2.75" | SPC verified report | Mar 10, 2026 |
“Media reported baseball size hail over Buffalo Gap. (SJT)” | |||||
| 17 | Cedar County | Nebraska | 2.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 6, 2026 |
“Picture on social media showed a stone measuring 2.5 inches that fell southwest of Laurel... NE. Time estimated from radar. (OAX)” | |||||
| 18 | Nacogdoches County | Texas | 2.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 15, 2026 |
“Pictures were posted to social media of golf ball to tennis ball size hail that fell in Cushing. (SHV)” | |||||
| 19 | San Augustine County | Texas | 2.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 15, 2026 |
“Hail up to tennis ball size near Lake Sam Rayburn between the Broaddus and Pineland communities. (SHV)” | |||||
| 20 | Thayer County | Nebraska | 2.5" | SPC verified report | Mar 6, 2026 |
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SPC ground truth. Ranked by the largest measured hailstone in that county in the window. NWS radar-classified hail is left off — in our cache it never reaches 1.00″, even when the warning text cites quarter or golf-ball hail. Stones above 8" are dropped as bad fields.
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