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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.

Washington County · Arkansas · NOAA radar record 2016–2025

Hail damage in Fayetteville, AR

Radar has detected hail over Fayetteville on 282 separate days since 2016. On 75 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on May 18, 2025.

73/100 RoofTake Score — High hail exposure · ranked 30 of 50 metros we cover

A high value in this historical exposure model. Radar estimates do not establish what reached a property or whether it was damaged.

How we got to that number
ComponentValueWeightContribution
Frequency
Hail days per year at 1.00 in (2.5 cm) or larger		53 / 100× 0.3518.6
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		94 / 100× 0.2018.8
Concentration
Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size		38 / 100× 0.155.6
RoofTake Score73

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.

282hail days on radar since 2016
75at golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger
10.2 cmlargest stone estimated, May 18, 2025
28.2hail days per year, average

Northwest Arkansas has both frequent hail and the fastest-growing housing stock in the state.

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

The ten biggest hail days in Fayetteville since 2016

DateRadar max sizeMetric ComparisonSignatures
June 14, 20234.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit163
May 26, 20244.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit53
May 18, 20254.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit94
May 4, 20203.75 in9.5 cmTeacup225
March 7, 20173.50 in8.9 cmTeacup26
July 21, 20183.50 in8.9 cmTeacup139
April 30, 20193.50 in8.9 cmTeacup45
May 15, 20223.25 in8.3 cmTeacup276
April 16, 20223.00 in7.6 cmTeacup41
May 8, 20243.00 in7.6 cmTeacup23

"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
201733
201827
201926
202025
202119
202224
202337
202428
202529

Busiest year in the record: 2023 with 37 hail days.

Hail days by month

Jan4
Feb1
Mar24
Apr35
May50
Jun42
Jul47
Aug43
Sep18
Oct12
Nov3
Dec3

Peak month: May. Hail season in Arkansas 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 Fayetteville

  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 Fayetteville radar record and the NOAA citation into your notice of claim.

Every hail day radar recorded near Fayetteville

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

  1. September 23, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    125 radar signatures · closest signature 5.81 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  2. September 21, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    18 radar signatures · closest signature 16.33 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  3. September 20, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    12 radar signatures · closest signature 5.43 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  4. September 18, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    36 radar signatures · closest signature 12.65 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  5. September 17, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    18 radar signatures · closest signature 4.22 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  6. September 16, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 10.95 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  7. September 15, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    44 radar signatures · closest signature 12.11 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  8. August 20, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    13 radar signatures · closest signature 13.07 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  9. August 19, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    19 radar signatures · closest signature 2.14 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  10. August 15, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 5.96 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  11. July 12, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 8.25 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  12. June 29, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    18 radar signatures · closest signature 21.87 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  13. June 18, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 2.32 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  14. June 7, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    101 radar signatures · closest signature 0.98 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  15. May 25, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    76 radar signatures · closest signature 2.69 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  16. May 24, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 14.44 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  17. May 20, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    37 radar signatures · closest signature 1.34 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  18. May 19, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 18.24 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  19. May 18, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    94 radar signatures · closest signature 5.26 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  20. April 29, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 16.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  21. April 27, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 5.12 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  22. April 20, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 4.64 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  23. April 19, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    79 radar signatures · closest signature 7.41 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  24. April 5, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 18.52 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  25. April 4, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    71 radar signatures · closest signature 2.1 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  26. April 3, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 24.73 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  27. April 2, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    12 radar signatures · closest signature 4.78 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  28. March 30, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 4.92 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  29. March 14, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    25 radar signatures · closest signature 8.94 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  30. November 5, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 22.23 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  31. November 4, 2024
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    28 radar signatures · closest signature 6.97 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  32. October 31, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    20 radar signatures · closest signature 1.49 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  33. August 28, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 8.04 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  34. August 19, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 21.18 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  35. August 18, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 18.38 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  36. August 17, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.81 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  37. August 16, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 21.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  38. July 23, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 20.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  39. July 12, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 19.97 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  40. July 5, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    57 radar signatures · closest signature 6.97 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  41. June 8, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 9.03 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  42. June 5, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    15 radar signatures · closest signature 14.09 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  43. May 26, 2024
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    53 radar signatures · closest signature 7.15 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  44. May 25, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    42 radar signatures · closest signature 8.31 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  45. May 24, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 5.88 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  46. May 22, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    71 radar signatures · closest signature 3.77 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  47. May 21, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    21 radar signatures · closest signature 11.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  48. May 17, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 10.16 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  49. May 9, 2024
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    110 radar signatures · closest signature 0.42 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  50. May 8, 2024
    3.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    23 radar signatures · closest signature 15.63 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  51. May 7, 2024
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    20 radar signatures · closest signature 5.06 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  52. May 4, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    70 radar signatures · closest signature 2.34 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  53. April 26, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    73 radar signatures · closest signature 7.44 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  54. April 2, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 15.53 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  55. March 14, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    47 radar signatures · closest signature 9.92 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  56. March 5, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 22.54 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  57. January 12, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    15 radar signatures · closest signature 15.38 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  58. September 24, 2023
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    33 radar signatures · closest signature 21.03 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  59. September 22, 2023
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 14.98 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  60. September 8, 2023
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    118 radar signatures · closest signature 11.58 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%

Showing the 60 most recent of 282. The full record is in the JSON we publish: fayetteville-ar.json.

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Hail in Fayetteville, AR: common questions

How often does Fayetteville get damaging hail?

Radar recorded 282 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 28.2 a year, of which 7.5 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.

When is hail season in Fayetteville?

The busiest month in this record is May, and 2023 was the busiest single year with 37 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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