Hail in Madison, WI
Since January 2025, radar estimated hail within 5 miles of Madison on 5 days. The biggest estimate: 2 in or larger (hen egg), on Tue, Apr 14, 2026. Hail was reported to the National Weather Service within 10 miles on 4 days.
Still loading: radar estimates go back to Wed, Oct 14, 2020, and the earlier years are being added.
By year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 4
Every hail day
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026
Radar estimate within 5 miles: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
No hail reported within 10 miles.
- Tue, Apr 14, 2026
Radar estimate at the city centre: 1 in or larger (quarter)
Radar estimate within 5 miles: 2 in or larger (hen egg)
Reported within 10 miles- 3 in, 3.6 mi NE (1 NW Maple Bluff, WI)
- 2 in, 4.3 mi E (3 N Monona, WI)
- 2.75 in, 5.3 mi NE (2 NE Maple Bluff, WI)
- 2.75 in, 5.3 mi NE (2 NE Maple Bluff, WI)
- 2.75 in, 5.3 mi E (3 NE Monona, WI)
- and 3 more
- Mon, Apr 13, 2026Reported within 10 miles
- 1 in, 3.6 mi SE (2 SW Monona, WI)
- Sat, Aug 16, 2025
Radar estimate within 5 miles: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported within 10 miles.
- Thu, May 15, 2025
Radar estimate within 5 miles: 0.75 in or larger (penny)
Reported within 10 miles- 2 in, 0.7 mi NE (Madison, WI)
- 2.25 in, 6.7 mi E (4 W Cottage Grove, WI)
- 2 in, 6.7 mi E (4 W Cottage Grove, WI)
- 1 in, 9.6 mi NW (2 NW Waunakee, WI)
- Fri, Apr 18, 2025Reported within 10 miles
- 1.25 in, 9 mi SW (2 SE Verona, WI)
- 1 in, 9.1 mi SW (Verona, WI)
- 1 in, 9.6 mi NW (2 NW Waunakee, WI)
- Thu, Apr 17, 2025
Radar estimate within 5 miles: 1 in or larger (quarter)
No hail reported within 10 miles.
Measured from Madison's centre: radar estimates within 5 miles, reports within 10. Radar estimates come from NOAA's MRMS estimated hail size (MESH), the largest hail the radar estimates aloft on a ~1 km grid. They often run larger than the hail that reached the ground, and they aren't an observation at any address. Reports are what people reported to the National Weather Service. Neither is proof of damage or an official record for an insurance claim.