Data current as of 2026-10-16 · Sourced from NOAA Storm Events
Over the past five years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recorded 72 hail storms within 25 miles of Hot Springs, AR. Of those, 64 produced hail at least quarter-size — the threshold most insurance carriers consider potentially damaging to asphalt shingles. The largest reported hail in this window was baseball-sized or larger, which can fracture shingle mat and dent metal flashing on contact. 2023 was the most active year on record locally, with 37 documented hail events.
Check Hail History for a Specific Address in Hot Springs| Severity | Count | What it means for roofs |
|---|---|---|
| Catastrophic | 4 events | Baseball+ size, structural roof damage likely |
| Destructive | 14 events | Egg-size, expect mat fractures and gutter damage |
| Severe | 12 events | Ping pong-size, granule loss and bruising common |
| Significant | 34 events | Quarter-size, the standard insurance damage threshold |
| Moderate | 8 events | Marble-size, possible cosmetic damage |
| Year | Reported Hail Events Within 25 mi |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 events |
| 2025 | 2 events |
| 2024 | 10 events |
| 2023 | 37 events |
| 2022 | 14 events |
| 2021 | 1 event |
2023 was the busiest hail year on record locally for Hot Springs, with 37 documented events inside the 25-mile radius. Storm activity in Hot Springs typically peaks in spring and early summer, when the jet stream pushes Gulf moisture into the area and supercell thunderstorms become more frequent.
| Date | Location | Severity | Size | NOAA Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-23 | 3 NE Fountain Lake, AR | Significant | 1.00" | Delayed Report. Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.) Time estimated from radar. |
| 2026-05-06 | EUCLID HGTS, AR | Significant | 1.00" | Quarter-sized hail fell in the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2026-05-06 | 2 E Hot Springs, AR | Significant | 1.00" | — |
| 2026-04-26 | 4 S DeGray Lake, AR | Significant | 1.00" | HAM radio operator reports quarter sized hail 5 miles west of Arkadelphia. Time estimated from radar. |
| 2026-04-26 | Point Cedar, AR | Destructive | 2.50" | Broadcast media shared a picture of at least tennis ball sized hail near Point Cedar. Time estimated from radar. |
| 2026-04-25 | POINT CEDAR, AR | Destructive | 2.50" | Tennis-ball sized hail fell near Point Cedar. |
| 2026-04-25 | DEGRAY, AR | Significant | 1.00" | Quarter-sized hail fell near Arkadelphia per HAM radio report. |
| 2026-03-15 | 3 SE Traskwood, AR | Significant | 1.00" | — |
| 2025-05-16 | HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR | Destructive | 2.00" | Hen Egg sized hail fell near Lake Desoto. |
| 2025-05-16 | HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR | Significant | 1.00" | Quarter sized hail fell near Lake Cortez. |
| 2024-08-18 | FRIENDSHIP, AR | Moderate | 0.88" | Nickel sized hail fell in the community of Friendship. |
| 2024-05-07 | HOT SPGS, AR | Destructive | 2.00" | Hen egg sized hail fell in the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2024-05-04 | HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR | Significant | 1.00" | Quarter-sized hail fell near the community of Hot Springs Village. |
| 2024-04-26 | FRIENDSHIP, AR | Moderate | 0.75" | Penny-sized hail fell in the community of Friendship. |
| 2024-03-14 | BLAKELY, AR | Destructive | 2.75" | Baseball-sized hail fell near Jessieville. |
| 2024-03-14 | HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR | Significant | 1.25" | Half-dollar sized hail fell in Hot Springs Village. |
| 2024-02-09 | ROYAL, AR | Severe | 1.50" | — |
| 2024-02-09 | FOUNTAIN LAKE (UNINCORPORATED), AR | Destructive | 2.00" | — |
| 2024-02-09 | BEAR, AR | Severe | 1.50" | An mPING report was received. |
| 2024-02-09 | HOT SPGS, AR | Destructive | 2.50" | The time was estimated via radar. |
NOAA has recorded 56 high-wind events within 25 miles of Hot Springs, AR in the past five years. Of those, 55 reached severe-thunderstorm thresholds (58+ mph). The highest measured gust was 90 mph.
| Severity | Count |
|---|---|
| Severe | 33 events |
| Significant | 22 events |
| Moderate | 1 event |
| Date | Location | Gust (mph) | Severity | NOAA Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | Hot Springs Airport, AR | 56 | Significant | A measured wind gust of 56 mph at KHOT ASOS (Not Springs Airport). |
| 2026-06-22 | HOT SPGS, AR | 60 | Significant | A tree was blown down onto Arkansas Highway 7 north of the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2026-06-22 | HASKELL, AR | 64 | Severe | A tree was blow down onto a house in the community of Haskell. No injuries were reported. |
| 2026-03-15 | MALVERN, AR | 64 | Severe | Multiple trees were blown down in the town of Malvern. |
| 2026-03-07 | GRAPE, AR | 90 | Severe | A NWS Survey team observed damage consistent with a microburst as over 150 hardwood and softwood trees were knocked down, snapped, or uprooted in a rural area west of Benton. |
| 2026-03-07 | GRAPE, AR | 64 | Severe | Multiple trees were damaged and destroyed near the community of Grape. |
| 2025-09-15 | (HOT)HOT SPGS ARPT, AR | 60 | Significant | Multiple trees were blown down northwest of Hot Springs Airport. |
| 2025-08-19 | GLEN ROSE, AR | 60 | Significant | A couple of very large trees fell on homes just across the Saline county line into Hot Spring County. Trees fell on homes in the Traskwood area, leading to at least one entrapment. |
| 2025-08-19 | PINEY, AR | 60 | Significant | Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in this general area. A couple of roofs were damaged by thunderstorm winds. Near Oaklawn there was a tree blown onto a home. |
| 2025-06-14 | GRAPE, AR | 60 | Significant | A few trees were blown down near the town of Haskell. |
| 2025-06-07 | HOT SPGS, AR | 64 | Severe | A tree was blown down knocking down powerlines at the intersection of Orange Street and Quapaw Street in the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2025-05-19 | BISMARCK, AR | 60 | Significant | Trees and power lines were blown down with a few of these trees damaging homes in Bismarck. Trees were also down across Highway 128 near Caney. |
| 2025-04-30 | CRYSTAL SPGS, AR | 58 | Significant | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| 2025-04-30 | HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR | 64 | Severe | Numerous trees were blown down in Hot Springs Village. |
| 2025-04-04 | HOT SPGS, AR | 60 | Significant | Multiple trees were blown down across the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2025-04-03 | OAK GROVE, AR | 60 | Significant | Trees and powerlines were blown down in the community of Social Hill. |
| 2024-08-18 | DEGRAY, AR | 64 | Severe | Large docks on Lake Degray sustained extensive damage near Degray Lake State Park. |
| 2024-08-18 | HOT SPGS, AR | 64 | Severe | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Garland County, especially in the city of Hot Springs. |
| 2024-08-16 | CANEY, AR | 64 | Severe | Multiple trees were blown down between Bismarck and Deroche along Highway 84 including a few trees onto houses. |
| 2024-08-16 | CANEY, AR | 81 | Severe | Corrected for time. The person reported multiple trees down between Bismarck and Deroche especially on Hwy 84. There were reportedly trees on some homes as well. The person measured 50 mph winds on his personal weather station. |
The most recent quarter-size-or-larger hail storm recorded by NOAA within 25 miles of Hot Springs was on August 23, 2026. HailCheck refreshes from the NOAA Storm Events database daily, so newer events appear here as they are reported.
Hot Springs averages roughly 14 reported hail events per year within a 25-mile radius. Significant storms (quarter-size or larger) account for 64 of the 72 events recorded over the last five years.
The largest documented hail near Hot Springs in the last five years was baseball-sized or larger. Most Hot Springs-area hail falls in the marble-to-quarter range, with destructive storms (egg-size or larger) appearing roughly once every few years.
Most homeowners insurance policies in AR cover hail damage to roofs, siding, and gutters under the dwelling and other-structures coverage. Coverage typically requires the damage to be tied to a verifiable storm date — which is where the NOAA hail history above (and a HAAG-style test square validation) becomes important for the claim file.
Use the HailCheck address search to enter any street address in or near Hot Springs. HailCheck returns every NOAA hail event within a configurable radius, along with severity bands, dates, and storm narratives for Pro members.
If your property in or near Hot Springs took on hail during one of the storms above, the standard process for documenting damage is a 10×10 foot test square inspection. A HAAG-trained reviewer counts impact indicators — granule displacement, mat fractures, and bruising — within the marked square and produces a PASS or FAIL document for the claim file.
HailCheck offers a $99 photo-based HAAG-style test square validation. You submit photos from the field, our reviewer evaluates the impact indicators and cross-references the NOAA storm dates listed above, and a written PASS/FAIL determination is returned within one business day. We do not send anyone to the roof — the validation is built around the photos you submit.
Learn About $99 HAAG-Style ValidationHot Springs sits inside the central United States hail belt, where warm Gulf moisture collides with cold continental air to produce supercell thunderstorms capable of dropping the hail documented above. Properties in this zone typically see at least one significant hail event every two to four years.