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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.

Lancaster County · Nebraska · NOAA radar record 2016–2025

Hail damage in Lincoln, NE

Radar has detected hail over Lincoln on 291 separate days since 2016. On 107 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on August 22, 2025.

77/100 RoofTake Score — Very high hail exposure · ranked 23 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		57 / 100× 0.3520.0
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		53 / 100× 0.158.0
RoofTake Score77

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.

291hail days on radar since 2016
107at golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger
10.2 cmlargest stone estimated, August 22, 2025
29.1hail days per year, average

Lancaster County records significant hail in almost every warm season.

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

The ten biggest hail days in Lincoln since 2016

DateRadar max sizeMetric ComparisonSignatures
September 18, 20184.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit26
June 18, 20204.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit198
June 11, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit72
June 15, 20224.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit169
September 21, 20244.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit38
April 17, 20254.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit27
April 18, 20254.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit16
August 22, 20254.00 in10.2 cmGrapefruit57
June 12, 20173.75 in9.5 cmTeacup446
June 11, 20183.75 in9.5 cmTeacup85

"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

201640
201731
201826
201935
202024
202123
202231
202324
202424
202533

Busiest year in the record: 2016 with 40 hail days.

Hail days by month

Jan1
Feb1
Mar6
Apr28
May46
Jun61
Jul44
Aug58
Sep24
Oct18
Nov2
Dec2

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 Lincoln

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

Every hail day radar recorded near Lincoln

291 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
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    22 radar signatures · closest signature 4.9 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  2. October 5, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 11.69 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  3. September 23, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    10 radar signatures · closest signature 19.56 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  4. September 17, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    24 radar signatures · closest signature 15.79 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  5. September 16, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.36 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  6. September 9, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    75 radar signatures · closest signature 0.18 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  7. August 23, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 24.65 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  8. August 22, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    57 radar signatures · closest signature 19.39 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  9. August 18, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 19.18 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  10. August 10, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    126 radar signatures · closest signature 4.95 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  11. August 9, 2025
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    52 radar signatures · closest signature 1.86 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  12. August 6, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    8 radar signatures · closest signature 3.43 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  13. July 30, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 9.64 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  14. July 24, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    32 radar signatures · closest signature 12.81 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  15. July 17, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 24.76 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  16. July 16, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.33 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  17. July 10, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    46 radar signatures · closest signature 11.67 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  18. July 8, 2025
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    43 radar signatures · closest signature 11.9 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  19. July 5, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 13.88 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  20. July 2, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    2 radar signatures · closest signature 8.84 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  21. June 29, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    60 radar signatures · closest signature 8.7 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  22. June 20, 2025
    2.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    29 radar signatures · closest signature 15.89 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  23. June 3, 2025
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    31 radar signatures · closest signature 7.37 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  24. May 31, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    40 radar signatures · closest signature 4.81 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  25. May 20, 2025
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 6.73 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  26. May 19, 2025
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    55 radar signatures · closest signature 5.86 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  27. April 24, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 6.84 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  28. April 23, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    8 radar signatures · closest signature 15.49 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  29. April 18, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    16 radar signatures · closest signature 15.06 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  30. April 17, 2025
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    27 radar signatures · closest signature 10.4 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  31. March 19, 2025
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    6 radar signatures · closest signature 12.55 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  32. March 14, 2025
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    23 radar signatures · closest signature 8.58 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  33. March 4, 2025
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    8 radar signatures · closest signature 10.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  34. October 30, 2024
    1.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 23.7 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  35. October 22, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 15.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  36. September 21, 2024
    4.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
    38 radar signatures · closest signature 15.43 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  37. August 29, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    3 radar signatures · closest signature 22.98 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  38. August 15, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    4 radar signatures · closest signature 21.59 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  39. August 14, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    19 radar signatures · closest signature 12.06 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  40. July 31, 2024
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    112 radar signatures · closest signature 6.76 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 90%
  41. July 11, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    9 radar signatures · closest signature 21.36 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  42. July 7, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 7.91 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  43. July 6, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    5 radar signatures · closest signature 9.26 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  44. July 2, 2024
    2.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
    147 radar signatures · closest signature 1.25 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  45. June 26, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    41 radar signatures · closest signature 2.52 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  46. June 15, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    58 radar signatures · closest signature 4.72 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  47. June 2, 2024
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 15.14 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 20%
  48. May 30, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 5.11 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 60%
  49. May 26, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    12 radar signatures · closest signature 13.63 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  50. May 24, 2024
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    11 radar signatures · closest signature 10.64 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 30%
  51. May 21, 2024
    3.50 in (8.9 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    200 radar signatures · closest signature 1.54 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  52. May 19, 2024
    2.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
    97 radar signatures · closest signature 5.23 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  53. May 7, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    20 radar signatures · closest signature 7.51 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 70%
  54. May 4, 2024
    1.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
    21 radar signatures · closest signature 1.35 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 80%
  55. April 30, 2024
    1.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.83 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 50%
  56. April 26, 2024
    3.50 in (8.9 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
    96 radar signatures · closest signature 1.82 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  57. April 16, 2024
    1.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
    13 radar signatures · closest signature 12.75 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 100%
  58. October 12, 2023
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 12.93 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 40%
  59. October 4, 2023
    0.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 23.49 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%
  60. September 21, 2023
    0.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
    1 radar signature · closest signature 22.5 mi from the centroid · hail probability 100%, severe 10%

Showing the 60 most recent of 291. The full record is in the JSON we publish: lincoln-ne.json.

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Hail in Lincoln, NE: common questions

How often does Lincoln get damaging hail?

Radar recorded 291 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 29.1 a year, of which 10.7 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.

When is hail season in Lincoln?

The busiest month in this record is June, and 2016 was the busiest single year with 40 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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