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.
Oklahoma County · Oklahoma · NOAA radar record 2016–2025
Hail damage in Oklahoma City, OK
Radar has detected hail over Oklahoma City on 352 separate days since 2016. On 139 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on September 24, 2024.
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
| Component | Value | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency Hail days per year at 1.00 in (2.5 cm) or larger | 70 / 100 | × 0.35 | 24.4 |
| Severity Largest stone radar estimated in the whole window | 100 / 100 | × 0.30 | 30.0 |
| Recency How long since the last 2 in (5 cm) day | 97 / 100 | × 0.20 | 19.5 |
| Concentration Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size | 70 / 100 | × 0.15 | 10.4 |
| RoofTake Score | 84 | ||
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.
The centre of hail alley. More billion-dollar hail events than any other US metro.
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Data last refreshed: · source: NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, dataset nx3hail
The ten biggest hail days in Oklahoma City since 2016
| Date | Radar max size | Metric | Comparison | Signatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2018 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 1 |
| April 29, 2021 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 34 |
| October 11, 2021 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 72 |
| July 8, 2022 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 161 |
| July 9, 2023 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 124 |
| June 26, 2024 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 230 |
| September 24, 2024 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 43 |
| August 27, 2016 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 67 |
| May 28, 2019 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 74 |
| May 4, 2020 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 48 |
"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
Busiest year in the record: 2016 with 46 hail days.
Hail days by month
Peak month: May. Hail season in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma City
- 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.
- 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.
- Look, before you file. Nine photographs, none of them requiring you to get on the roof.
- Check the arithmetic. If the actual cash value of the damage is under your deductible, filing pays nothing — work it out first.
- Then write. The letter generator puts the Oklahoma City radar record and the NOAA citation into your notice of claim.
Every hail day radar recorded near Oklahoma City
352 days, most recent first. Sizes are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in the cell, not measurements at any address.
- November 20, 20252.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- October 24, 20253.50 in (8.9 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- October 23, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- September 19, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- August 19, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- August 17, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- August 11, 20252.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- July 12, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- July 9, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- July 8, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- June 18, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- June 14, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- June 9, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- June 7, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- June 6, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- June 3, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- June 1, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 29, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- May 26, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- May 25, 20253.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 24, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- May 22, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- May 19, 20252.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- May 18, 20253.50 in (8.9 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 17, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- April 30, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- April 29, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- April 26, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- April 25, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- April 19, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- April 4, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- April 2, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- March 30, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- February 12, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- November 4, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- November 3, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- October 31, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- October 22, 20243.75 in (9.5 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- October 11, 20240.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- September 25, 20242.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- September 24, 20244.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
- August 15, 20243.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- August 11, 20241.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- August 2, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 21, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- July 17, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- July 5, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- July 4, 20242.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- June 26, 20244.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
- June 5, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- June 4, 20242.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- June 3, 20242.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- June 2, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 30, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 23, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- May 22, 20242.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- May 20, 20242.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- May 16, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- May 15, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- May 9, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
Showing the 60 most recent of 352. The full record is in the JSON we publish: oklahoma-city-ok.json.
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Hail in Oklahoma City, OK: common questions
How often does Oklahoma City get damaging hail?
Radar recorded 352 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 35.2 a year, of which 13.9 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.
When is hail season in Oklahoma City?
The busiest month in this record is May, and 2016 was the busiest single year with 46 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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