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Southfield, MI hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Southfield city centroid, 1950 to present.

82hail events since 1950
43≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1983-05-02
2025-03-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 0.88" (nickel)
2024 0
2023 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 1 0.75" (penny)
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 5 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 16 1.75" (golf ball)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 6.1 mi
2025-07-12 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7.3 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.1 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.7 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.3 mi
2025-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.3 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2025-03-15 Hail 0.88" 7.3 mi
2024-08-27 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4.9 mi
2024-08-27 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.1 mi

2025-07-24: “Large tree reported blown down.”

2025-07-12: “A tree was blown down onto a house.”

2025-06-24: “Numerous trees reported down.”

Disputing a claim at a Southfield address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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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.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12