Tennessee Hail Statistics

Tennessee averages 159 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 26.4 hail days. That ranks 13th of 51 and is 2% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in May.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

159Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 13th most

26.4Hail days a year, 22nd most

4.00 inLargest stone reported, July 12, 2022

When hail falls in Tennessee

193 hail reports a year in all, 12.6 of them 2 inches or larger.
The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Williamson County, about 15.4 a year.
The most reports come in May; nationally the peak is May.

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

Hail by county in Tennessee

91 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 Tennessee. Column headers sort the table.

Williamson	15.4	16.8	3.6	3.00 in
Shelby	6.6	8.8	3.6	2.00 in
Davidson	5.0	7.6	3.8	1.50 in
Knox	4.8	5.6	2.2	1.75 in
Madison	4.6	5.4	2.4	1.75 in
Rutherford	4.2	5.4	3.2	2.00 in
Fayette	4.2	5.0	1.6	2.00 in
Wilson	4.0	4.8	2.2	3.00 in
Benton	4.0	4.4	2.2	2.00 in
Henry	3.8	5.2	2.8	2.00 in
Robertson	3.6	4.4	1.8	2.50 in
Maury	3.6	4.0	1.4	3.00 in
Hamilton	3.0	3.2	1.8	1.75 in
Blount	2.8	3.2	2.2	2.00 in
Marion	2.6	2.6	1.0	1.75 in
Anderson	2.6	2.6	1.2	1.75 in
Carroll	2.4	3.4	1.8	2.50 in
Dickson	2.4	3.2	2.2	1.75 in
Sevier	2.4	3.0	1.8	1.75 in
Chester	2.4	2.6	1.4	1.75 in
Hawkins	2.4	2.4	1.4	2.00 in
Sumner	2.2	4.8	2.6	2.00 in
Monroe	2.2	2.2	0.8	2.75 in
Weakley	2.0	2.4	1.6	1.75 in
Washington	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.75 in
Cocke	2.0	2.0	1.2	2.00 in
Henderson	1.8	3.4	2.4	1.75 in
Hardin	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.00 in
Lawrence	1.8	2.0	1.4	2.75 in
Cheatham	1.8	2.0	1.4	2.75 in
Cannon	1.8	2.0	1.4	1.50 in
Lewis	1.8	2.0	1.0	1.75 in
Greene	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.50 in
Sullivan	1.8	1.8	1.2	1.50 in
Hickman	1.8	1.8	1.0	2.25 in
Bledsoe	1.8	1.8	0.6	1.50 in
Gibson	1.6	3.4	2.4	1.75 in
Tipton	1.6	2.4	1.8	1.75 in
Bedford	1.6	1.6	1.4	2.00 in
Jefferson	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.50 in
White	1.4	1.4	0.8	1.75 in
Dyer	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.25 in
Montgomery	1.2	1.8	1.2	3.00 in
Marshall	1.2	1.6	1.0	4.00 in
Hardeman	1.2	1.4	1.0	2.75 in
Stewart	1.2	1.4	0.8	3.00 in
Haywood	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.00 in
Scott	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.75 in
Claiborne	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.50 in
Campbell	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.75 in
Cumberland	1.2	1.2	1.0	2.25 in
Obion	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.75 in
McNairy	1.0	1.6	1.2	1.25 in
Franklin	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.50 in
Lauderdale	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.75 in
Crockett	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.75 in
Morgan	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.50 in
Decatur	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.75 in
Rhea	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.00 in
Coffee	0.8	1.2	1.2	2.00 in
Putnam	0.8	1.2	0.8	1.50 in
Roane	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.25 in
Carter	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Hancock	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Macon	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
DeKalb	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.25 in
Overton	0.6	1.6	1.4	1.75 in
Perry	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.75 in
Jackson	0.6	1.0	0.6	2.50 in
Sequatchie	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.25 in
Trousdale	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.00 in
Lake	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.25 in
McMinn	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.00 in
Humphreys	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.50 in
Giles	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.25 in
Grainger	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.50 in
Meigs	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.50 in
Warren	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.25 in
Smith	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.00 in
Hamblen	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.25 in
Wayne	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.00 in
Moore	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.50 in
Bradley	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Clay	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Fentress	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Pickett	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.75 in
Loudon	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Polk	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 in
Houston	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.25 in
Van Buren	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.50 in
Unicoi	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.00 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, "Tennessee Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/tennessee/