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Dallas–Fort Worth hail season 2014
84 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 45 miles, across 9 storm days, max 4.25". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2014 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2014, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2014 | 41 | 4.25" | TARRANT, COLLIN, DENTON |
| October 2, 2014 | 10 | 1.75" | ELLIS, TARRANT, DENTON |
| April 27, 2014 | 8 | 1.75" | ELLIS, KAUFMAN, DALLAS, COLLIN |
| May 12, 2014 | 6 | 2.00" | TARRANT, DALLAS |
| October 6, 2014 | 5 | 1.00" | DALLAS, ROCKWALL |
“Softball sized hail was reported by a trained spotter one-eighth of a mile west of the Texas Woman's Campus in Denton. Additionally, this storm covered much of the city of Denton, and a considerable part of the County as well. The Insurance Council of Texas estimated approximately 35,000 vehicles, and 22,000 homes were damaged in some fashion with this storm. The damage estimate is aproximately 500 million dollars.”
— NWS event narrative, April 3, 2014 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Mar 7 · Apr 52 · May 10 · Oct 15
Wind context: the record also holds 87 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2014 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
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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 45 miles of the Dallas–Fort Worth 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.