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Abilene hail season 2023
53 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 25 miles, across 10 storm days, max 3.25". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2023 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2023, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2023 | 13 | 3.25" | TAYLOR, CALLAHAN, JONES |
| June 11, 2023 | 10 | 1.75" | TAYLOR, JONES |
| April 19, 2023 | 9 | 2.75" | TAYLOR, CALLAHAN |
| June 17, 2023 | 5 | 3.00" | CALLAHAN, JONES |
| June 1, 2023 | 4 | 1.75" | CALLAHAN, JONES |
“A storm chaser reported golf ball to tennis ball size hail 4 miles east-northeast of Merkel. A picture of the large hail was posted on Twitter.”
— NWS event narrative, May 7, 2023 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Apr 15 · May 19 · Jun 19
Wind context: the record also holds 35 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2023 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Abilene claim from 2023?
These are aggregates. A claim file needs the per-address record: every recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of the property, distances, official narratives, and citations an adjuster can check line by line. That's the report — generated in seconds, hosted on HailEvidence (the neutral evidence surface), formatted as an insurance-appeal attachment.
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Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 25 miles of the Abilene anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.