NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary reported 5,432 hail events in 2025 compared to 5,373 in 2024. Texas and Kansas had the largest number of hail events according to NOAA in 2025.
According to a March 2023 analysis by State Farm, the company paid out over $3.5 billion in hail claims in 2022, an increase of more than $1 billion from 2021 due to increased hail claims and inflation. State Farm’s top states for hail claims were Minnesota, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois and Nebraska.
Property hail claims
Top 10 States By Number Of Major Hail Events, 2025 (1)
| Rank | State | Number of hail events |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 902 |
| 2 | Kansas | 375 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 369 |
| 4 | Nebraska | 315 |
| 5 | Missouri | 253 |
| 6 | Colorado | 244 |
| 7 | South Dakota | 232 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 216 |
| 9 | Illinois | 167 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 154 |
| United States | 5,432 |
(1) Hailstones one inch in diameter or larger.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service.
Resources
- Verisk Ice, Fire, Wind, and Water Whitepaper Series (includes Hail and Severe Thunderstorm Risk)
- State Farm Hail Report, March 14, 2023
- NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary 2022
- NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Annual Severe Weather Report Summary 2023
