NOAA data · 2026
Kansas City hail in 2026: 13 hail-report days.
How 2026 compares with every year since 2016, the biggest hail days, and the data behind it.
By Roof InspectorsUpdated
The short answer
- Hail-report days (1 in+)
- 13
- 2026, through Nov 1, 2026
- Typical year
- 8.1
- Average, 2016–2025
- Largest reported hail
- 4.5 in
- Grapefruit, Mar 10, 2026, near Weatherby Lake
- Busiest month
- April
- 5 hail-report days
These are records for the wider area, not for your address. A storm on record doesn’t mean your roof was damaged, and it doesn’t mean your insurance company will accept that storm or date. That’s why an inspection is worth having: a roofing professional looks at the roof itself.
2026 against every year since 2016
Hail-report days per year
Days with at least one hail report of 1 inch or larger within 30 miles of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
* 2026 through November 1, 2026; preliminary.
| Year | Hail days | Largest hail | Radar days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 3.0 in | — |
| 2017 | 12 | 2.85 in | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 2.75 in | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 2.5 in | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 1.75 in | — |
| 2021 | 8 | 1.75 in | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1.25 in | 6 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3.0 in | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3.5 in | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2.5 in | 5 |
| 2026to Nov 1preliminary | 13 | 4.5 in | 12 |
Hail days: Weather Service reports of 1 inch or larger. Largest hail: the biggest report of any size. Radar days: radar estimates of 1 inch or larger, from 2021.
2026 by month
Hail-report days in each month of 2026.
See 2026 by month
| Month | Hail-report days |
|---|---|
| January | 0 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 5 |
| May | 2 |
| June | 0 |
| July | 0 |
| August | 3 |
| September | 1 |
| October | 1 |
| November (through Nov 1) | 0 |
The biggest hail days of 2026
Ranked by the largest hail reported within 30 miles of downtown Kansas City, Missouri that day. Days with the same size are ordered by the strongest wind gust reported, then by the number of severe hail and wind reports. Storm summaries cover the wider area, so they can mention bigger hail farther out.
March 10, 2026 (preliminary)
Largest hail within 30 miles: 4.5 in near Weatherby Lake · 95 hail reports of 1 inch or larger
Read the storm summaryMay 31, 2026 (preliminary)
Largest hail within 30 miles: 2.0 in near Trimble · 9 hail reports of 1 inch or larger
Read the storm summaryApril 26, 2026 (preliminary)
Largest hail within 30 miles: 1.75 in near Shawnee · 20 hail reports of 1 inch or larger
Read the storm summaryApril 17, 2026 (preliminary)
Largest hail within 30 miles: 1.75 in near Kansas City · 3 hail reports of 1 inch or larger
Read the storm summaryAugust 18, 2026 (preliminary)
Largest hail within 30 miles: 1.75 in near Piper · 33 hail reports of 1 inch or larger
Read the storm summary
How we counted
A hail-report day is a storm day (NOAA’s noon-to-noon UTC day) with at least one National Weather Service hail report of 1 inch or larger within 30 miles of downtown Kansas City, Missouri; several reports on the same day count once. These numbers were frozen on November 2, 2026, through November 1, 2026.
The full method and sources
2026 numbers come from NOAA’s preliminary storm reports. NOAA publishes its final database for a year the following spring, and one reclassified report could change a count or make 2026 a tie. When that happens we’ll update this page and say so here.
The 2016–2025 average uses the same count for each of those years; final NOAA data is loaded through 2025. “Largest hail” is the biggest report of any size. Reports come from trained spotters, emergency managers, the public and weather stations, so they show where people saw hail, not every place it fell.
Radar days (from 2021) are days when NOAA’s MRMS radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger within 30 miles of downtown Kansas City, Missouri and the Weather Service also logged a hail report of any size within 45 miles of downtown that day. Readings above about 6 inches are dropped. Radar can show hail of 1 inch or larger where no one reported hail that big, so a month can have a radar day and no hail-report day (June 2026).
Our storm records come from NOAA radar estimates and National Weather Service reports. Radar can miss or misjudge hail, and a report marks a single spot, so records can be incomplete. Treat them as a starting point, not a verdict about your roof.
For reporters and researchers
The monthly numbers behind this report, frozen with it: kc-hail-report-2026.csv. Share images: wide and square. The live, daily-updated series is on Kansas City hail history. Compiled by Roof Inspectors from NOAA data, which is U.S. government work in the public domain. Please credit Roof Inspectors and link to this page.
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