Arkansas Hail Statistics

Arkansas averages 184 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 34.2 hail days. That ranks 12th of 51 and is 3% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in April.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

184Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 12th most

34.2Hail days a year, 10th most

4.50 inLargest stone reported, April 11, 2022

When hail falls in Arkansas

231 hail reports a year in all, 28.2 of them 2 inches or larger.
The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Benton County, about 9.2 a year.
The most reports come in April; nationally the peak is May.

Share of Arkansas hail reports by month, 2021–2025.

Hail by county in Arkansas

74 counties with at least one hail report, 2021–2025. Yearly averages, sorted by 1-inch+ reports. More people means more reports, so populous counties tend to rank higher.

Hail statistics by county in Arkansas. Column headers sort the table.

Benton	9.2	18.4	4.4	4.00 in
Washington	8.4	13.4	5.8	2.50 in
Lonoke	7.8	8.8	2.8	3.00 in
Garland	6.8	7.8	3.0	4.00 in
Saline	6.4	7.0	2.2	1.75 in
Sebastian	6.0	8.0	3.2	2.50 in
Pulaski	5.8	8.2	5.6	1.75 in
Faulkner	5.6	7.0	3.4	2.75 in
Craighead	5.4	6.2	3.4	4.00 in
Clay	4.8	5.6	2.0	2.50 in
Poinsett	4.4	5.8	3.8	2.50 in
White	4.2	4.8	2.6	2.75 in
Greene	4.2	4.6	1.8	2.75 in
Crawford	4.0	6.8	4.6	2.50 in
Franklin	4.0	5.6	2.4	3.00 in
Pope	4.0	4.2	2.4	3.00 in
Conway	3.4	4.0	2.6	2.50 in
Union	3.2	3.8	2.6	2.00 in
Logan	3.2	3.6	1.8	4.50 in
Grant	3.0	3.0	1.2	4.00 in
Carroll	2.6	4.4	1.6	1.75 in
Arkansas	2.6	3.4	2.4	2.00 in
Jefferson	2.6	3.2	1.4	2.50 in
Mississippi	2.6	3.0	2.2	2.00 in
Montgomery	2.6	2.8	2.0	4.00 in
Newton	2.6	2.6	1.6	2.50 in
Clark	2.4	2.6	1.8	4.00 in
Hot Spring	2.2	2.6	2.0	3.00 in
Little River	2.2	2.2	1.4	2.75 in
Lincoln	2.2	2.2	1.4	4.00 in
Polk	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.25 in
Hempstead	2.0	2.6	1.4	2.00 in
Baxter	2.0	2.4	1.8	2.75 in
Howard	2.0	2.4	1.2	2.25 in
Jackson	2.0	2.2	1.2	3.00 in
Calhoun	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.75 in
Van Buren	2.0	2.0	1.2	2.50 in
Boone	1.8	2.6	1.8	2.50 in
Sevier	1.8	2.6	1.2	2.75 in
Scott	1.8	2.0	1.0	2.75 in
St. Francis	1.8	2.0	1.2	2.75 in
Phillips	1.8	1.8	1.0	1.75 in
Searcy	1.6	2.0	1.2	4.50 in
Drew	1.6	1.8	1.4	2.00 in
Lawrence	1.6	1.6	1.0	1.75 in
Chicot	1.6	1.6	1.4	2.75 in
Lee	1.4	1.8	1.2	1.75 in
Pike	1.4	1.8	1.2	2.50 in
Ouachita	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.50 in
Crittenden	1.4	1.6	1.0	2.75 in
Yell	1.4	1.4	1.2	3.00 in
Prairie	1.4	1.4	0.8	4.00 in
Randolph	1.2	1.6	0.6	2.50 in
Ashley	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.50 in
Fulton	1.2	1.2	0.8	4.25 in
Nevada	1.2	1.2	1.0	2.50 in
Madison	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.75 in
Columbia	1.0	1.6	0.8	2.75 in
Independence	1.0	1.4	1.2	2.00 in
Sharp	1.0	1.4	1.2	2.50 in
Lafayette	1.0	1.4	0.8	1.75 in
Stone	1.0	1.2	0.6	3.00 in
Cleveland	1.0	1.0	0.8	3.00 in
Monroe	1.0	1.0	0.4	2.75 in
Cleburne	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.75 in
Johnson	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.75 in
Perry	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.75 in
Miller	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Marion	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.50 in
Bradley	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.25 in
Desha	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.75 in
Izard	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Cross	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.75 in
Dallas	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.88 in

About these numbers

Hail reports from the NOAA Storm Events Database, 2021–2025, averaged per year. These are reports to the National Weather Service, not every storm: places with more people report more hail. Full methodology.

Cite: Home Stats Data, "Arkansas Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/arkansas/