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Utah hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 29 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 638 hail reports in Utah from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 15 a year since 2000. The costliest was the October 5, 1994 hail ($11.0 million in 2025 dollars). Utah ranks 44th of 52 states and territories by count and 46th of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Utah, 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
6381955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000
15average
Deaths
011 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$13Mas filed
Busiest year
202434 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 Utah?

Utah averages about 15 hail reports a year since 2000, 44th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2024 (34). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Utah records 77 hail reports since 1955, 46th of 51 states and territories by that measure.

  1. 1. Kansas 4920
  2. 2. Oklahoma 4607
  3. 3. Nebraska 3261
  4. 4. Missouri 2974
  5. 5. Iowa 2856
  6. 6. Arkansas 2407
  7. 7. South Dakota 2244
  8. 8. Ohio 2241
  9. 9. South Carolina 2226
  10. 10. Illinois 2221
  11. 46. Utah 77

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 Utah have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Salt Lake County leads Utah: 77 days with a hail report since 1955, 102.3 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Salt Lake County has the most hail records (121 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).

  1. Salt Lake County 102.3 (121)
  2. Davis County 73.9 (29)
  3. Weber County 24.5 (18)
  4. Utah County 21.5 (53)
  5. Daggett County 14.4 (12)
  6. Carbon County 14.2 (24)
  7. Cache County 11.2 (19)
  8. Washington County 9.1 (26)
  9. Wasatch County 8.5 (11)
  10. Duchesne County 7.7 (28)
  11. Summit County 5.9 (13)
  12. Uintah County 5.4 (37)

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 Utah?

49% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in August and September. The busiest month is August (196 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 0 · Feb 1 · Mar 0 · Apr 22 · May 67 · Jun 139 · Jul 76 · Aug 196 · Sep 117 · Oct 20 · Nov 0 · Dec 0 (records).

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

The costliest hail reports in Utah

Utah: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
1994-10-05 HailCottonwood Hts, Salt Lake County Every hail record filed in the state that day (2; before 1996 NOAA filed no storm episodes); the totals are the day's. 1.00 in hail 0 0 $11M
1998-08-26 HailAmerican Fork, Utah County 1.25 in hail 0 0 $724K
2016-04-28 HailBeaver County 0.25 in hail 0 3 $31K
1997-06-10 HailCaineville, Wayne County 2.00 in hail 0 0 $28K
2021-08-17 HailBeaver County 2.00 in hail 0 0 $22K
2025-06-06 HailEast Carbon City, Carbon County 1.00 in hail 0 0 $20K

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 Utah?

Utah'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: Utah and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
DecadeUtahUnited StatesUtah's share
1955-59112,4770.44%
1960s197,6510.25%
1970s1411,0070.13%
1980s7526,5550.28%
1990s12175,5810.16%
2000s142137,3960.10%
2010s143107,2810.13%
2020-2611356,4910.20%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Utah

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-27 HailCone, Cache County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-27 HailTrenton, Cache County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-27 HailPlymouth, Box Elder County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-27 HailFielding, Box Elder County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-27 HailRiverside, Box Elder County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-25 HailKamas, Summit County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-25 HailHolladay, Salt Lake County 1.50 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-25 HailHolladay, Salt Lake County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-25 HailTaylorsville, Salt Lake County 1.75 in hail 0 0 –
2026-06-25 HailTaylorsville, Salt Lake County 1.75 in hail 0 0 –
2026-04-11 HailRiver Hgts, Cache County 1.25 in hail 0 0 –
2026-04-11 HailWest Jordan, Salt Lake County 0.75 in hail 0 0 –

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 Utah

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 3 declarations in Utah, 3 of them major disasters; the latest on January 12, 2021.

The 12 most recent
DeclaredNumberTitleAreas named
2021-01-12DR-4578Straight-Line Winds4
2012-02-01DR-4053Severe Storm1
2005-02-01DR-1576Severe Storms and Flooding2

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

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