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Historical hail archive: January 2016–December 2025. NOAA radar estimates within 25 miles of each city centre. ZIP matches use the first three digits; this is not a property-level report or a live alert service. Coverage and source.

Taylor County · Texas · NOAA radar record 2016–2025

Hail damage in Abilene, TX

Radar has detected hail over Abilene on 326 separate days since 2016. On 147 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on June 9, 2025.

83/100 RoofTake Score — Very high hail exposure · ranked 10 of 50 metros we cover

A very high value in this historical exposure model. This is not a national percentile or a diagnosis of your roof; the component values explain the result.

How we got to that number
ComponentValueWeightContribution
Frequency
Hail days per year at 1.00 in (2.5 cm) or larger		68 / 100× 0.3523.7
Severity
Largest stone radar estimated in the whole window		100 / 100× 0.3030.0
Recency
How long since the last 2 in (5 cm) day		91 / 100× 0.2018.2
Concentration
Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size		74 / 100× 0.1511.0
RoofTake Score83

The score describes an area, not a house. Two roofs on the same street of different ages face very different risk from the identical storm. The whole formula and its weights are on the methodology page, and you can recompute it yourself from our public data.

326hail days on radar since 2016
147at golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger
10.2 cmlargest stone estimated, June 9, 2025
32.6hail days per year, average

Big Country storms often produce hail after dark, when nobody sees it fall.

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Data last refreshed: · source: NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, dataset nx3hail

The ten biggest hail days in Abilene since 2016

DateRadar max sizeMetric ComparisonSignatures
April 20, 20164.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit83
September 16, 20164.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit106
June 24, 20184.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit194
March 19, 20204.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit141
April 14, 20214.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit87
May 13, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit117
April 26, 20234.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit47
June 1, 20234.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit70
June 2, 20234.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit13
June 11, 20234.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit127

"Signatures" is the number of separate radar volume scans that detected hail in a storm cell within 25 miles that day. More signatures means a longer-lived or larger storm, not necessarily bigger stones.

Hail days by year

201634
201738
201823
201939
202034
202127
202224
202337
202439
202531

Busiest year in the record: 2019 with 39 hail days.

Hail days by month

Jan1
Feb9
Mar26
Apr46
May83
Jun52
Jul33
Aug26
Sep29
Oct11
Nov9
Dec1

Peak month: May. Hail season in Texas is short and it is not distributed evenly — most of the annual risk arrives in a few weeks.

What to do with this if you own a roof in Abilene

  1. Find your dates. Look up your ZIP for the record nearest you, and note every day at 1.00 in or above since you bought the house.
  2. Work out whether your roof could have survived them. A twelve-year-old asphalt roof and a two-year-old one respond very differently to the same stone — the age calculator explains why.
  3. Look, before you file. Nine photographs, none of them requiring you to get on the roof.
  4. Check the arithmetic. If the actual cash value of the damage is under your deductible, filing pays nothing — work it out first.
  5. Then write. The letter generator puts the Abilene radar record and the NOAA citation into your notice of claim.

Every hail day radar recorded near Abilene

326 days, most recent first. Sizes are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in the cell, not measurements at any address.

  1. November 24, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    103 radar signatures · closest signature 1.08 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  2. September 24, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 7.81 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  3. September 23, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    19 radar signatures · closest signature 7.02 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  4. August 19, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 8.65 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  5. August 18, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    9 radar signatures · closest signature 7.24 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  6. August 2, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    27 radar signatures · closest signature 14.04 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  7. July 12, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    49 radar signatures · closest signature 7.85 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  8. June 11, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 2.07 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  9. June 9, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    359 radar signatures · closest signature 0.38 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  10. June 8, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    46 radar signatures · closest signature 4.77 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  11. June 2, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 22.18 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  12. May 30, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    174 radar signatures · closest signature 5.19 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  13. May 29, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 8.91 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  14. May 26, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    451 radar signatures · closest signature 3.52 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  15. May 23, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    28 radar signatures · closest signature 16.22 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  16. May 18, 2025
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    213 radar signatures · closest signature 2.08 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  17. May 6, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    37 radar signatures · closest signature 13.47 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  18. May 5, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 21.25 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  19. April 30, 2025
    3.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    196 radar signatures · closest signature 9.66 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  20. April 29, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    106 radar signatures · closest signature 5.41 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  21. April 28, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    46 radar signatures · closest signature 14.43 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  22. April 24, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    19 radar signatures · closest signature 15.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  23. April 23, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    29 radar signatures · closest signature 3.45 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  24. April 20, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    139 radar signatures · closest signature 3.35 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  25. April 19, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    95 radar signatures · closest signature 7.86 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  26. April 5, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    60 radar signatures · closest signature 13.53 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  27. April 4, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    88 radar signatures · closest signature 7.76 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  28. April 3, 2025
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    62 radar signatures · closest signature 15.18 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  29. April 2, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 17.61 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  30. March 8, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 4.41 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  31. March 4, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    69 radar signatures · closest signature 6.17 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  32. November 18, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    10 radar signatures · closest signature 9.47 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  33. November 8, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 20.74 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  34. November 7, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 3.52 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  35. November 4, 2024
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    68 radar signatures · closest signature 15.89 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  36. November 3, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    61 radar signatures · closest signature 0.76 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  37. October 31, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 3.67 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  38. August 24, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    97 radar signatures · closest signature 7.35 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  39. August 23, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    118 radar signatures · closest signature 4.48 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  40. July 22, 2024
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 20.43 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  41. July 21, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    8 radar signatures · closest signature 17.56 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  42. July 17, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    23 radar signatures · closest signature 7.48 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  43. July 7, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 8.73 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  44. July 6, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    22 radar signatures · closest signature 15.41 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  45. June 11, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    21 radar signatures · closest signature 5.49 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  46. June 1, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 15.26 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  47. May 31, 2024
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    173 radar signatures · closest signature 1.55 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  48. May 29, 2024
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    60 radar signatures · closest signature 10.68 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  49. May 26, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    31 radar signatures · closest signature 14.12 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  50. May 25, 2024
    3.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 11.55 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  51. May 22, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    24 radar signatures · closest signature 18.33 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  52. May 16, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    48 radar signatures · closest signature 9.15 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  53. May 12, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 6.69 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  54. May 10, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 17.86 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  55. May 9, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    33 radar signatures · closest signature 11.66 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  56. May 5, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    23 radar signatures · closest signature 18.88 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  57. May 4, 2024
    3.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    51 radar signatures · closest signature 17.92 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  58. May 3, 2024
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    168 radar signatures · closest signature 4.41 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  59. May 2, 2024
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    102 radar signatures · closest signature 11.9 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  60. April 28, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    184 radar signatures · closest signature 1.36 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%

Showing the 60 most recent of 326. The full record is in the JSON we publish: abilene-tx.json.

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Hail in Abilene, TX: common questions

How often does Abilene get damaging hail?

Radar recorded 326 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 32.6 a year, of which 14.7 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.

When is hail season in Abilene?

The busiest month in this record is May, and 2019 was the busiest single year with 39 hail days.

Does this mean my roof is damaged?

No. These are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in a storm cell somewhere within 25 miles of the city centre. Whether anything landed on your street, and whether it damaged your particular roof, needs somebody to look.

How do I use this for an insurance claim?

A specific date with a public, citable source is what turns 'sometime last year' into a date of loss. Use the claim letter generator, which pulls the date and the NOAA citation in for you.

Why 25 miles?

It is wide enough to catch storms that clipped the metro and narrow enough that the number still means something for a house inside it. The same radius is used for every metro so the pages are comparable.

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