Hail in Chicago on Tuesday, April 14, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Chicago on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, between 9:34 pm and 10:38 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 1.00 inches at 2 S Hanover Park (DuPage County) at 10:38 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,849 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 253 rated a 100% chance of hail and 243 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Carol Stream 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hanover Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Huntley 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Prospect Heights 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Schaumburg 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- South Elgin 1 report, up to 1.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:34 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Huntley | McHenry | (LOT) |
| 10:03 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Prospect Heights | Cook | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT) |
| 10:21 pm | 1.00 | 2 W South Elgin | Kane | (LOT) |
| 10:28 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Schaumburg | Cook | Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 10:34 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Carol Stream | DuPage | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT) |
| 10:38 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Hanover Park | DuPage | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,849 signatures from 11 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 253 were rated 100% and 12 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMDW | 430 | 63 | 78 | 1 | 2.00 in | 2:56 am | 11:59 pm |
| KORD | 421 | 29 | 60 | 2 | 2.00 in | 2:38 am | 11:58 pm |
| KDVN | 223 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 2.00 in | 2:24 am | 11:58 pm |
| KMKE | 217 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1.25 in | 2:42 am | 11:57 pm |
| KMKX | 198 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 2.00 in | 4:02 am | 11:59 pm |
| KLOT | 154 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 2.25 in | 3:58 am | 11:55 pm |
| KIWX | 76 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 in | 2:50 am | 11:54 pm |
| KILX | 76 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2.00 in | 9:38 pm | 11:56 pm |
| KGRR | 42 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 in | 4:05 am | 11:55 pm |
| KGRB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 5:15 am | 11:28 pm |
| KIND | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 7:03 am | 7:20 am |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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