Hail in Chicago on Wednesday, June 24, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Chicago on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, between 5:39 pm and 5:59 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 1.50 inches at 2 E Huntley (McHenry County) at 5:41 pm. NOAA radar flagged 970 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 127 rated a 100% chance of hail and 187 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Kane and McHenry counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Algonquin 4 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Huntley 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Lake in the Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:39 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Huntley | McHenry | (LOT) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.50 | 2 E Huntley | McHenry | Public report of 1.5 inch hail near Huntley. Relayed via mping. (LOT) |
| 5:54 pm | 1.00 | Algonquin | McHenry | Multiple public reports of quarter size hail near Algonquin. Relayed via mping. (LOT) |
| 5:55 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Algonquin | Kane | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT) |
| 5:55 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Algonquin | Kane | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LOT) |
| 5:57 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSW Lake in the Hills | McHenry | McHenry County EMA reports quarter size hail near Randall Road and Harnish Drive. (LOT) |
| 5:59 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Algonquin | Kane | Public report of quarter size hail southeast of Algonquin. Relayed via mping. (LOT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
970 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; 127 were rated 100% and 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORD | 249 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 2.50 in | 4:56 pm | 9:38 pm |
| KMDW | 150 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 2.00 in | 4:58 pm | 10:22 pm |
| KMKX | 132 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3.00 in | 4:50 pm | 9:46 pm |
| KDVN | 100 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2.00 in | 4:51 pm | 9:22 pm |
| KMKE | 87 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2.00 in | 4:53 pm | 9:18 pm |
| KIWX | 76 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:25 pm | 9:58 pm |
| KLOT | 74 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 2.50 in | 4:49 pm | 9:03 pm |
| KILX | 71 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:27 pm | 8:49 pm |
| KGRR | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1.50 in | 5:45 pm | 9:35 pm |
| KIND | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 6:18 pm | 8:47 pm |
| KGRB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 5:16 pm | 5:27 pm |
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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