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.
Sedgwick County · Kansas · NOAA radar record 2016–2025
Hail damage in Wichita, KS
Radar has detected hail over Wichita on 359 separate days since 2016. On 151 of them the largest stone was estimated at golf-ball size or bigger. The biggest was 10.2 cm on September 4, 2025.
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 | 74 / 100 | × 0.35 | 25.9 |
| 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 | 94 / 100 | × 0.20 | 18.8 |
| Concentration Hail days per year reaching golf-ball size | 76 / 100 | × 0.15 | 11.3 |
| RoofTake Score | 86 | ||
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.
Sedgwick County is hit by significant hail in most years, often more than once.
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Data last refreshed: · source: NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, dataset nx3hail
The ten biggest hail days in Wichita since 2016
| Date | Radar max size | Metric | Comparison | Signatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2019 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 208 |
| June 18, 2019 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 216 |
| June 22, 2022 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 219 |
| June 17, 2025 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 208 |
| September 4, 2025 | 4.00 in | 10.2 cm | Grapefruit | 161 |
| May 8, 2016 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 51 |
| May 24, 2019 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 180 |
| August 6, 2019 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 44 |
| August 22, 2019 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 257 |
| May 3, 2020 | 3.75 in | 9.5 cm | Teacup | 207 |
"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: 2019 with 54 hail days.
Hail days by month
Peak month: May. Hail season in Kansas 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 Wichita
- 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 Wichita radar record and the NOAA citation into your notice of claim.
Every hail day radar recorded near Wichita
359 days, most recent first. Sizes are radar estimates of the largest stone aloft in the cell, not measurements at any address.
- October 24, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- October 6, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- September 23, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- September 18, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- September 9, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- September 8, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- September 4, 20254.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
- September 1, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- August 28, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- August 19, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- August 11, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- August 10, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 31, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- July 30, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- July 26, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- July 25, 20252.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- July 24, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 22, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- July 18, 20252.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- July 17, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- July 12, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- July 11, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- July 8, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- July 6, 20252.00 in (5.1 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- June 30, 20252.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- June 29, 20253.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- June 23, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- June 18, 20253.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- June 17, 20254.00 in (10.2 cm) — Grapefruit size, radar-estimated
- June 14, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- June 9, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- June 3, 20252.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- May 25, 20252.50 in (6.3 cm) — Tennis ball size, radar-estimated
- May 24, 20252.75 in (7.0 cm) — Baseball size, radar-estimated
- May 20, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- May 19, 20251.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- May 18, 20253.00 in (7.6 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- May 1, 20251.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- April 24, 20251.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- April 23, 20251.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- April 19, 20250.50 in (1.3 cm) — Marble size, radar-estimated
- April 17, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- April 2, 20252.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- March 27, 20250.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- October 30, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- September 21, 20243.25 in (8.3 cm) — Teacup size, radar-estimated
- September 15, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- August 25, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- August 23, 20242.25 in (5.7 cm) — Hen egg size, radar-estimated
- August 22, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- August 16, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- August 15, 20241.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- August 1, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- July 31, 20241.75 in (4.4 cm) — Golf ball size, radar-estimated
- July 30, 20241.00 in (2.5 cm) — Quarter size, radar-estimated
- July 11, 20240.75 in (1.9 cm) — Penny size, radar-estimated
- July 4, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- July 2, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
- June 30, 20241.25 in (3.2 cm) — Half dollar size, radar-estimated
- June 25, 20241.50 in (3.8 cm) — Ping-pong ball size, radar-estimated
Showing the 60 most recent of 359. The full record is in the JSON we publish: wichita-ks.json.
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Hail in Wichita, KS: common questions
How often does Wichita get damaging hail?
Radar recorded 359 hail days within 25 miles of the city centre between 2016 and 2025 — an average of 35.9 a year, of which 15.1 a year were at golf-ball size or larger. Not every one of those damages roofs.
When is hail season in Wichita?
The busiest month in this record is May, and 2019 was the busiest single year with 54 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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