When Is Hail Season in Omaha?

Hail was reported somewhere in the Omaha metro in every one of the last ten years. Each year from 2016 through 2025 had at least two days with hail reported in Douglas or Sarpy County. Across those ten years, the NOAA Storm Events Database lists 225 hail reports on 47 separate days, or about four to five hail days a year on average.

The years were not alike. 2018 and 2019 each had only two hail days. 2022 had ten. 2017 had seven hail days but 53 reports, because one storm produced most of them.

A report is one observation of hail at one place and time, sent in by a trained spotter, a member of the public, an airport sensor or emergency staff, and logged by the National Weather Service office in Omaha/Valley. One storm can create dozens of reports as it crosses the metro.

June and April lead. The table below shows how the 225 reports and 47 hail days from 2016 through 2025 fall by month.

April surprises many people. It tied June with 11 hail days and produced 26 percent of all reports. In April 2025 alone, hail fell on April 17, April 21 and April 24, and each of those days had stones 1.75 inches or larger somewhere in the two counties.

Statewide, UNL CropWatch, from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, reports that about 70 percent of Nebraska hail falls from May through July. Our local count fits that pattern: 63 percent of Douglas and Sarpy reports fell from May through July. The difference is that April adds another big share here, so the practical Omaha season starts a month earlier.

The earliest hail in the ten years was March 6, 2017. The latest was October 12, 2022.

Large hail follows the same calendar. The National Weather Service treats hail 1 inch across (about the size of a quarter) or larger as severe. Of the 225 reports, 210 were 1 inch or larger, on 44 different days.

Hail 1.75 inches across (golf ball size) or larger was reported on 17 days. Those days fell in April (5), May (3), June (6), July (1), August (1) and September (1).

The largest stones in the period:

• 4.50 inches on June 25, 2024, near the South Omaha airport in Sarpy County
• 3.75 inches on June 29, 2017, in Omaha
• 3.00 inches on June 12, 2024, in Douglas County
• 3.00 inches on April 24, 2025, in Douglas County
• 2.75 inches on July 28, 2023, in Elkhorn
• 2.75 inches on April 17, 2025, near Bennington
• 2.50 inches on August 27, 2021, near Valley

Most of the reports came from a few storms. Three days account for 85 of the 225 reports, or 38 percent: June 29, 2017 (34 reports), July 28, 2023 (31 reports) and April 21, 2025 (20 reports).

Hail falls in swaths. One part of the metro can take a direct hit while a neighborhood a few miles away sees only rain. A quiet year for the county can still be the year your street was hit, and a busy year does not mean your roof was damaged. The only way to know is to look at your own roof, or have someone qualified look at it.

The calendar gives a simple plan for Omaha homeowners:

• Check before the season. A look in March, before April storms, gives you a baseline. Photos of your roof, gutters and siding from the ground make later comparisons easier.
• Check after any storm with hail near you. Our guide on how to tell if your roof has hail damage explains what hail does to shingles, vents, gutters and siding, and what to do in the first 24 hours.
• Check after the season. A fall look in September or October catches damage from storms you may not have noticed.
• If you are replacing a roof, consider impact resistance. Our guide to the best roof for hail in Omaha compares Class 4 shingles and metal.
• If you plan to file an insurance claim, read your policy for its reporting deadlines first. Our Nebraska roof insurance claims guide explains how the process usually works. It is general information, not legal advice.

If you think a storm hit your roof, Rocket Roofing General Contractor offers hail and storm damage roof repair with a free inspection, and you can request your free inspection here. For a full replacement, see residential roofing.

Wind does damage too: see how strong wind has to be to damage a roof in Omaha.

Anyone can search the same records we used:

• Open the NOAA Storm Events Database.
• Choose Nebraska, then Douglas or Sarpy County.
• Set the date range and choose Hail as the event type.
• Read each report's size, time and nearest place.

The National Weather Service office in Omaha/Valley also posts summaries of notable storms on its site, weather.gov/oax. Remember that a missing report does not prove hail missed your house. Reports depend on someone seeing the hail and sending it in, so they cluster near roads, towns and airports.

We downloaded the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events detail files for 2016 through 2025 and kept every Hail event logged for Douglas County and Sarpy County, Nebraska. A hail day is a calendar date with at least one hail report in either county. Sizes are the largest size given in each report. Storm Events lists reports, not every stone that fell, and hail smaller than 1 inch is under-recorded because the National Weather Service uses 1 inch as its severe threshold. Data was pulled in October 2026; NOAA may add or revise reports later.

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