Maine hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 16 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 1,222 hail reports in Maine from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 36 a year since 2000. The costliest was the August 11, 2016 hail ($1.2 million in 2025 dollars). Maine ranks 36th of 52 states and territories by count and 41st of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Maine, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

recorded, no damage figure
under $1 million
$1 million or more
$10 million or more
$100 million or more, or 10 deaths
$1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
a year with a death
1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996

Records: 1,2221955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 36average
Deaths: 02 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $2.7Mas filed
Busiest year: 2007141 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in Maine?

Maine averages about 36 hail reports a year since 2000, 36th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2007 (141). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Maine records 396 hail reports since 1955, 41st of 51 states and territories by that measure.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in Maine have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Cumberland County leads Maine: 70 days with a hail report since 1955, 83.7 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Aroostook County has the most hail records (213 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

Cumberland County 83.7 (147)
Androscoggin County 72.7 (56)
Kennebec County 61.1 (98)
York County 58.5 (149)
Sagadahoc County 47.2 (22)
Lincoln County 39.5 (21)
Oxford County 32.7 (107)
Franklin County 22.4 (56)
Waldo County 20.5 (20)
Penobscot County 19.4 (113)
Knox County 16.4 (11)
Aroostook County 14.4 (213)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in Maine?

67% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in June and July. The busiest month is June (438 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 0 · Feb 0 · Mar 14 · Apr 3 · May 69 · Jun 438 · Jul 383 · Aug 268 · Sep 40 · Oct 6 · Nov 0 · Dec 1 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

The costliest hail reports in Maine

Maine: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2016-08-11	HailCaribou, Aroostook County	1.50 in hail	$1.2M
1994-07-26	HailAroostook County	1.50 in hail	$995K
1993-09-03	HailHagerstown, Washington County	2.75 in hail	$1K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in Maine?

Maine's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: Maine and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	Maine	United States	Maine's share
1955-59	7	2,477	0.28%
1960s	28	7,651	0.37%
1970s	25	11,007	0.23%
1980s	101	26,555	0.38%
1990s	120	75,581	0.16%
2000s	456	137,396	0.33%
2010s	379	107,281	0.35%
2020-26	106	56,491	0.19%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Maine

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2026-06-28	HailBelgrade, Kennebec County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-17	HailSt Agatha, Aroostook County	0.75 in hail	–
2025-07-20	HailFalmouth, Cumberland County	1.50 in hail	–
2025-07-14	HailAshland, Aroostook County	1.00 in hail	–
2025-07-11	HailSouth Paris, Oxford County	1.00 in hail	–
2025-07-03	HailEaston, Aroostook County	1.00 in hail	–
2025-07-03	HailWestfield, Aroostook County	1.25 in hail	–
2025-07-03	HailClayton Lake, Aroostook County	1.50 in hail	–
2023-08-13	HailWellington, Piscataquis County	2.00 in hail	–
2022-07-24	HailAllagash, Aroostook County	2.50 in hail	–
2022-07-24	HailEagle Lake, Aroostook County	2.50 in hail	–
2016-08-11	HailCaribou, Aroostook County	1.50 in hail	$1.2M

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in Maine

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 25 declarations in Maine, 23 of them major disasters; the latest on March 20, 2024.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2024-03-20	DR-4764	Severe Storms and Flooding	8
2024-01-30	DR-4754	Severe Storm and Flooding	10
2023-03-22	DR-4696	Severe Storm and Flooding	6
2018-01-02	DR-4354	Severe Storm and Flooding	13
2013-03-25	DR-4108	Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding	6
2011-02-01	DR-1953	Severe Storms and Flooding	3
2010-07-01	DR-1920	Severe Storms and Flooding	2
2010-03-25	DR-1891	Severe Winter Storm	5
2009-07-30	DR-1852	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides	9
2009-01-09	DR-1815	Severe Winter Storm and Flooding	7
2008-12-15	EM-3298	Severe Winter Storm	6
2008-09-09	DR-1788	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes	3

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.