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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.

Hall County · Nebraska · NOAA radar record 2016–2025

Hail damage in Grand Island, NE

Radar has detected hail over Grand Island on 299 separate days since 2016. On 118 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on July 26, 2022.

79/100 RoofTake Score — Very high hail exposure · ranked 20 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		60 / 100× 0.3521.0
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× 0.2018.7
Concentration
Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size		59 / 100× 0.158.9
RoofTake Score79

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.

299hail days on radar since 2016
118at golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger
10.2 cmlargest stone estimated, July 26, 2022
29.9hail days per year, average

Central Nebraska has among the highest large-hail rates per square mile in the US.

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

The ten biggest hail days in Grand Island since 2016

DateRadar max sizeMetric ComparisonSignatures
August 3, 20174.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit99
October 3, 20174.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit130
August 6, 20184.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit80
August 7, 20184.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit71
May 5, 20194.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit141
August 23, 20194.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit67
June 24, 20214.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit128
June 8, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit45
June 15, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit130
July 17, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit35

"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

201633
201729
201832
201937
202023
202125
202228
202330
202432
202530

Busiest year in the record: 2019 with 37 hail days.

Hail days by month

Feb1
Mar7
Apr18
May47
Jun71
Jul65
Aug54
Sep23
Oct8
Nov4
Dec1

Peak month: June. Hail season in Nebraska 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 Grand Island

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

Every hail day radar recorded near Grand Island

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

  1. November 18, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 24.93 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  2. September 17, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    13 radar signatures · closest signature 14.35 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  3. September 16, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 24.63 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  4. September 15, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 24.7 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  5. September 9, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 1.85 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  6. August 9, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.34 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%
  7. August 4, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    22 radar signatures · closest signature 14.0 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  8. August 3, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 9.51 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  9. July 30, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 20.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  10. July 24, 2025
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    53 radar signatures · closest signature 2.16 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  11. July 23, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    39 radar signatures · closest signature 16.09 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  12. July 16, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    81 radar signatures · closest signature 2.65 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  13. July 11, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    48 radar signatures · closest signature 6.17 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  14. July 10, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    194 radar signatures · closest signature 0.48 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  15. July 8, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 7.71 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  16. July 7, 2025
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    78 radar signatures · closest signature 2.76 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  17. July 2, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    26 radar signatures · closest signature 0.98 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  18. June 30, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    17 radar signatures · closest signature 17.67 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  19. June 25, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    45 radar signatures · closest signature 7.99 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  20. June 23, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    10 radar signatures · closest signature 16.68 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  21. June 20, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 21.88 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  22. June 3, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 22.63 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  23. May 21, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 18.92 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  24. May 19, 2025
    2.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
    55 radar signatures · closest signature 5.24 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  25. May 15, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 11.47 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  26. April 17, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 5.25 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  27. April 2, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    105 radar signatures · closest signature 3.99 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  28. April 1, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 4.97 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  29. March 19, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 17.07 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  30. March 4, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    13 radar signatures · closest signature 17.71 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  31. November 4, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 6.08 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  32. September 17, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 11.49 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  33. September 16, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    41 radar signatures · closest signature 4.36 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  34. August 29, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    37 radar signatures · closest signature 17.29 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  35. August 27, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 23.17 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  36. August 15, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 17.06 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  37. August 14, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 1.52 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  38. July 31, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    64 radar signatures · closest signature 6.19 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  39. July 20, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 19.8 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  40. July 8, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    8 radar signatures · closest signature 2.99 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  41. July 6, 2024
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    38 radar signatures · closest signature 17.72 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  42. July 2, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    14 radar signatures · closest signature 1.53 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  43. June 29, 2024
    3.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    15 radar signatures · closest signature 11.94 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  44. June 26, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 0.98 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  45. June 22, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 21.88 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  46. June 19, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    7 radar signatures · closest signature 9.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  47. June 18, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    70 radar signatures · closest signature 0.96 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  48. June 17, 2024
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    61 radar signatures · closest signature 1.78 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  49. June 15, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    12 radar signatures · closest signature 20.31 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  50. June 8, 2024
    3.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    37 radar signatures · closest signature 6.17 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  51. June 3, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    12 radar signatures · closest signature 10.02 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  52. June 2, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    13 radar signatures · closest signature 15.35 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  53. May 30, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    10 radar signatures · closest signature 20.71 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  54. May 26, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    21 radar signatures · closest signature 21.11 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  55. May 24, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    76 radar signatures · closest signature 2.68 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  56. May 21, 2024
    3.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    129 radar signatures · closest signature 0.48 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  57. May 20, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    24 radar signatures · closest signature 1.63 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  58. May 19, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    33 radar signatures · closest signature 2.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  59. May 6, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    14 radar signatures · closest signature 6.23 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  60. May 4, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    9 radar signatures · closest signature 0.58 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%

Showing the 60 most recent of 299. The full record is in the JSON we publish: grand-island-ne.json.

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Hail in Grand Island, NE: common questions

How often does Grand Island get damaging hail?

Radar recorded 299 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 29.9 a year, of which 11.8 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.

When is hail season in Grand Island?

The busiest month in this record is June, and 2019 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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