Hail history in Plano, TX
On average, NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Plano on 7.4 days a year from 2016 to 2025, 5.8 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Plano on 113 days since 2010. The largest hail reported was 5.25 in, in 2016. 88 of those days had hail of 1 inch or larger. April has the most hail days, 28 since 2010. The most recent was June 2, 2026. NOAA also recorded high wind on 87 days, with gusts up to 96 mph.
- Hail days since 2010
- 113
- Largest hail
- 5.25 in
- Highest gust
- 96 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
113 hail days within 15 miles since 2010, largest 5.25 in
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Hail days by year
Bar chart of hail days per year, 2010 to 2026. 113 hail days in total; the most was 16 in 2011.
Hail days by month
Hail days by month since 2010: Jan 3, Feb 3, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 21, Jun 12, Jul 3, Aug 3, Sep 5, Oct 5, Nov 4, Dec 2.
Most recent hail days
| Date | Largest hail | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | 2.0 in | 8.5 mi |
| May 22, 2026 | 1.5 in | 8.7 mi |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 1.75 in | 7.1 mi |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0.88 in | 9.6 mi |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 1.0 in | 14.0 mi |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.5 in | 9.6 mi |
| Apr 19, 2025 | 1.0 in | 11.4 mi |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.25 in | 5.1 mi |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 2.25 in | 3.7 mi |
| Mar 8, 2025 | 1.0 in | 9.4 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Plano, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
87 high-wind days within 15 miles since 2010, strongest gust 96 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Most recent high-wind days
| Date | Highest gust | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | Not recorded | 15.0 mi |
| May 19, 2026 | 64 mph | 10.6 mi |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 64 mph | 11.7 mi |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 58 mph | 11.0 mi |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 60 mph | 5.7 mi |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 62 mph | 13.0 mi |
| May 25, 2025 | 68 mph | 6.3 mi |
| May 24, 2025 | 60 mph | 11.2 mi |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 64 mph | 6.7 mi |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61 mph | 12.8 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Plano, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- Wind speed is the highest reported gust; some reports have no speed.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
Gusts, tornadoes and hurricanes in Plano
Estimated peak gusts
1 day since October 1, 2021 had an estimated peak gust of 58 mph or more at Plano.
| Day | Estimated peak gust |
|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2026 | 50 mph or more |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 50 mph or more |
| May 28, 2024 | 58 mph or more |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 50 mph or more |
| Nov 4, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Oct 28, 2021 | 50 mph or more |
Estimates: the highest gust of each storm day in NOAA’s hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. Analyses like this smooth out short thunderstorm gusts, so they are best for widespread wind (hurricanes, winter storms, high wind days); for thunderstorm wind, NOAA’s wind reports are the better record. Not a measurement at any building.
Tornadoes within 10 miles
NOAA recorded 25 tornadoes whose path came within 10 miles of Plano since 1950; the strongest was rated EF3.
| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2022 | EF0 | 1.86 miles | 8.3 miles |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF0 | 4.8 miles | 4.7 miles |
| Oct 20, 2019 | EF3 | 15.76 miles | 7.4 miles |
| Mar 8, 2016 | EF1 | 0.15 miles | 7.7 miles |
| Jun 10, 2009 | EF0 | 0.62 miles | 8.4 miles |
| Apr 9, 2008 | EF1 | 7.17 miles | 2.5 miles |
| Jul 1, 2003 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 8.3 miles |
| Sep 5, 2001 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 8 miles |
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| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 1987 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 5.2 miles |
| Jul 27, 1982 | EF0 | 1 miles | 5.2 miles |
| Sep 12, 1977 | EF2 | 2.5 miles | 7.7 miles |
| Jul 4, 1976 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 7.1 miles |
| May 26, 1976 | EF3 | 4.5 miles | 9.2 miles |
| Jun 9, 1975 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 2.7 miles |
| Jun 11, 1974 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 7.2 miles |
| Nov 19, 1973 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 3.9 miles |
| Apr 18, 1970 | EF1 | 1 miles | 4.2 miles |
| Oct 12, 1969 | EF3 | 45.9 miles | 8.9 miles |
| Apr 26, 1969 | EF2 | 16.5 miles | 1.6 miles |
| May 19, 1963 | EF0 | 0.5 miles | 9.1 miles |
| Apr 22, 1963 | EF2 | 7.7 miles | 6.9 miles |
| Apr 11, 1961 | EF2 | 0.3 miles | 5.6 miles |
| May 5, 1960 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 7 miles |
| Apr 2, 1957 | EF3 | 17.2 miles | 4.8 miles |
| Mar 24, 1954 | EF1 | 4.9 miles | 6.8 miles |
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center. Ratings before 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
1 storm in NOAA's records brought modeled tropical-storm-force winds (39 mph or more) to Plano.
| Storm | Modeled peak gust | Sustained | Closest pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Galveston hurricane | 48 mph | 39 mph | 57 miles |
Modeled from NOAA’s best tracks for open, flat ground; not measurements. How we model hurricane winds
99 radar hail days within 15 miles since 2020, largest 3.5 in or more
Source: NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), from October 14, 2020. Estimates of the largest hail in each 1 km cell, not measurements.
61 days with radar hail 1 inch or larger, 9 at 2 inches or larger, within 15 miles of Plano’s center.
Biggest radar hail days
- 0.75 in+
- 1.0 in+
- 1.5 in+
- 2.0 in+
- 2.5 in+
- 3.0 in+
Most recent radar hail days
| Date | Largest radar estimate |
|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 1.25 in or more |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 1.0 in or more |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 1.5 in or more |
Plano and other Texas cities
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Days a year with hail 1 inch or larger within 15 miles of each city's center, 2016 to 2025, and each city's rank among 200 US cities.
| City | Days a year | US rank |
|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | 6.2 | #3 |
| Plano | 5.8 | Not ranked |
| Lubbock | 4.8 | #6 |
| Dallas | 4.7 | #9 |
| San Antonio | 3.7 | #16 |
| Tyler | 2.9 | #24 |
| Waco | 2.5 | #34 |
| Killeen | 2.3 | #40 |
| Austin | 2.2 | #46 |
| Longview | 2.0 | #51 |
| Houston | 1.7 | #65 |
| Beaumont | 1.4 | #77 |
| College Station | 1.3 | #85 |
| McAllen | 1.2 | #93 |
| El Paso | 1.2 | #93 |
| Laredo | 1.1 | #99 |
| Brownsville | 0.4 | #152 |
| Corpus Christi | 0.3 | #157 |
About this data
- Each city counts reports within 15 miles of its center, not of any one property.
- The US rank covers the 200 largest metro areas, measured from each one's main city. Plano is not one of them, so it has no rank.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
Storms in Plano
In the Dallas-Fort Worth radar area, May averaged the most severe weather reports from 1980 to 2006, 179 a year, and hail reports were about as frequent in April as in May.1
Notable storms
- May 19, 2023Storms dropped hail up to tennis ball size around Allen, with golf ball size hail reported in Plano and 2 inch hail on Preston Road in south Frisco. NOAA's storm records note that preliminary damage estimates put the Collin County hail event in the Billion-Dollar Weather Disaster category.2,3,4
- October 20, 2019An EF3 tornado with peak winds near 140 mph tracked about 15.8 miles from northwest Dallas to Richardson, ending near Jupiter Road. Later that night, an EF0 tornado crossed west Allen along Ridgeview Drive and US 75, damaging roofs and trees. NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $1.55 billion in property damage from the EF3.5,6
- March 24, 2019Hail up to 4.5 inches across fell near Alma Road and Collin-McKinney Parkway near McKinney, and baseball size hail fell near Coit Road and Main Street east of Frisco. Later that evening, golf ball size hail fell near 15th Street and Stratford Drive. NOAA's storm records say Collin County took the most damage from large hail that day.7,8,9
- April 11, 2016A long-lived supercell dropped softball size hail in Wylie, where photos showed stones at least 5 inches across, and 3.5 inch hail near Wylie East High School.10,11,12
- March 23, 2016Golf ball size hail fell across much of Plano, from Parker Road and the Dallas North Tollway to Park Boulevard and Preston Road and 15th Street and Alma Drive, shattering windows in cars, homes and businesses. NOAA's storm records put overall hail damage from the storms at around $700 million.13,14,15
- June 13, 2012NOAA's storm records say two storms that crossed Dallas County caused over $1 billion in hail damage, shattering windows and damaging roofs. Hen egg size hail fell near Preston Road and Campbell Road and near Preston Road and Lloyd Drive in Far North Dallas, and hail up to 3.25 inches fell in Collin County.16,17
Warnings and alerts
NWS Fort Worth/Dallas, based in north Fort Worth, issues watches and warnings for 46 North and Central Texas counties, Collin County among them.18,19 Plano's CodeRED alerts, at plano.gov/citycall or by texting PLANO to 99411, send emergency notices by phone, text and email, with optional weather notifications.20
Sources
- 1. NOAA Storm Prediction Center: FWS Severe Weather Climatology
- 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, May 19, 2023
- 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, May 19, 2023
- 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, May 19, 2023
- 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Dallas County, October 20, 2019
- 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Tornado, Collin County, October 20, 2019
- 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 24, 2019
- 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 24, 2019
- 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 24, 2019
- 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, April 11, 2016
- 11. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, April 11, 2016
- 12. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, April 11, 2016
- 13. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 23, 2016
- 14. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 23, 2016
- 15. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, March 23, 2016
- 16. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Dallas County, June 13, 2012
- 17. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Collin County, June 13, 2012
- 18. NWS Fort Worth/Dallas: Welcome to the NWS Fort Worth Office
- 19. NWS Fort Worth/Dallas: NOAA Weather Radio Info
- 20. City of Plano: How to Register for CodeRED Alerts Online
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Questions about hail in Plano
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
- How often does it hail in Plano?
- NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Plano on 7.4 days a year on average from 2016 to 2025, 5.8 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. Since 2010 it recorded 113 hail days.
- When is hail season in Plano?
- April has the most hail days within 15 miles of the center of Plano, 28 since 2010, then March (24) and May (21).
- What is the largest hail recorded in Plano?
- 5.25 in, in 2016: the largest hail NOAA recorded within 15 miles of the center of Plano since 2010.
- When did it last hail in Plano?
- NOAA's most recent hail report within 15 miles of the center of Plano is from June 2, 2026, with hail up to 2.0 in reported 8.5 miles from the center. Data through November 2, 2026.