| Rank |
State |
Number of hail events |
| 1 |
Texas |
741 |
| 2 |
Kansas |
720 |
| 3 |
Missouri |
603 |
| 4 |
Nebraska |
575 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma |
524 |
| 6 |
Arkansas |
374 |
| 7 |
South Dakota |
361 |
| 8 |
North Carolina |
347 |
| 9 |
Ohio |
322 |
| 10 |
Illinois |
304 |
| 11 |
Virginia |
297 |
| 12 |
Iowa |
287 |
| 13 |
Georgia |
286 |
| 14 |
Mississippi |
265 |
| 15 |
Tennessee |
247 |
| 16 |
Kentucky |
239 |
| 17 |
Indiana |
236 |
| 18 |
South Carolina |
225 |
| 19 |
Alabama |
217 |
| 20 |
Colorado |
202 |
| 21 |
New York |
197 |
| 22 |
Minnesota |
192 |
| 23 |
Wisconsin |
185 |
| 24 |
Montana |
174 |
| 25 |
Pennsylvania |
157 |
| 26 |
North Dakota |
154 |
| 27 |
Michigan |
129 |
| 28 |
West Virginia |
129 |
| 29 |
Louisiana |
111 |
| 30 |
Wyoming |
100 |
| 31 |
Florida |
95 |
| 32 |
Maine |
73 |
| 33 |
Maryland |
62 |
| 34 |
Vermont |
56 |
| 35 |
Massachusetts |
41 |
| 36 |
New Hampshire |
39 |
| 37 |
New Jersey |
30 |
| 38 |
New Mexico |
28 |
| 39 |
Connecticut |
25 |
| 40 |
Arizona |
20 |
| 41 |
California |
13 |
| 42 |
Oregon |
10 |
| 43 |
Idaho |
6 |
| 44 |
Utah |
5 |
| 45 |
Delaware |
4 |
| 46 |
Rhode Island |
3 |
| 47 |
Nevada |
2 |
| 48 |
Washington |
2 |
| 49 |
D.C. |
1 |
| 50 |
Alaska (2) |
0 |
| 51 |
Hawaii (2) |
0 |
| |
United States |
9,415 |
(1) One inch in diamater or larger.
(2) Alaska and Hawaii tie for the lowest rank, with no hailstorms in 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service. |