Hail events in Cuyahoga County, Ohio The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 299 hail events on record for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 25 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 48 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Jun 25 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of NEWBURGH HGTS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of NEWBURGH HGTS

Apr 15 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SSE of MORELAND HILLS

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

1 mile NW of SOLON. Damage estimate: $500 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSW of MAPLE HGTS

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNW of BEDFORD HGTS

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile N of BEDFORD

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNW of BEDFORD. Damage estimate: $1.0 million

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NW of WALTON HILLS

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile WNW of WALTON HILLS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of PARMA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of PARMA HGTS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NE of PARMA HGTS

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of MIDDLEBURGH HGTS

Jun 27 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SW of WILLOWICK

May 5 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SW of UNIVERSITY HGTS

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of WOODMERE

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of OAKWOOD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of WOODMERE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile WNW of WALTON HILLS

May 1 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of HIGHLAND HGTS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of MAYFIELD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of SOLON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of OAKWOOD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of LYNDHURST

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Cuyahoga County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
1960s	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	0	10
1970s	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	9
1980s	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	10
1990s	0	3	1	1	4	6	8	1	19	5	48
2000s	7	3	6	6	15	3	9	5	19	6	79
2010s	18	34	1	17	6	3	0	6	6	6	97
2020s	5	0	0	12	1	12	14 (part of the year)				44

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan6 events
Feb0 events
Mar7 events
Apr38 events
May100 events
Jun55 events
Jul36 events
Aug37 events
Sep10 events
Oct8 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Cuyahoga County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	148
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	111
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	39
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Cuyahoga County beside the total of the counties of Ohio and of the United States
Measure	Cuyahoga	All counties of Ohio	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	299	9,147	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	65.4	22.4	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	2.4	7.8	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Cuyahoga County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
1 May 2025	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 May 2024	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Jul 2023	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
25 Jul 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
23 Oct 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Oct 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Oct 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Apr 2020	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
8 Jan 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Sep 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jul 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 May 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
11 Aug 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
28 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
28 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
30 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
14 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Sep 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	0	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	0	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	0	County
10 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	0	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Nov 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
1 Sep 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
29 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$90 thousand	0	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$90 thousand	0	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.25 in	$20 thousand	0	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	0	County
4 Apr 2011	Hail	0.25 in	$1 thousand	0	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	0.25 in	$1 thousand	0	County
7 Sep 2010	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	0	County
7 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	2.50 in	$250 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$125 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.25 in	$20 thousand	0	County
10 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	0	County
17 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
22 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$25 thousand	0	County
2 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$30 thousand	0	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
7 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	$4 thousand	0	County
7 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
7 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	0	County
10 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
21 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	0	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	0	County
15 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
20 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$40 thousand	0	County
27 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$20 thousand	0	County
21 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	0	County
25 Sep 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5.0 million	1	County
2 Sep 1993	Hail	2.00 in	$50 thousand	0	County
10 Oct 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Oct 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Sep 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 Mar 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Aug 1978	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 1977	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jul 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jul 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 1971	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 1970	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 May 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 1968	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
8 May 1967	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 1966	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 Aug 1965	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
16 May 1965	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 1965	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
21 Apr 1964	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 1963	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 Apr 1960	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 May 1959	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 May 1956	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County

The site keeps 187 of the 299 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Cleveland, OH (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Cuyahoga County, Ohio". https://countyhazards.com/county/oh/cuyahoga/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Cuyahoga County?: May has 100 of the 299 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Ohio?: NCEI has 9,155 hail events on record for Ohio from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Cuyahoga County compare with the other counties of Ohio?: The counties of Ohio have 22.4 hail events for each 100 square miles. Cuyahoga County has 65.4.
How large is the hail on record for Cuyahoga County?: 40 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.