Comparing 2023 and 2024 hail activity with 2022, Verisk's analysis revealed:

Both areas affected and properties exposed to large hail increased 20% in 2023 compared with the year prior.
In 2024, the area affected was 14% higher, while the number of properties exposed increased by 8%. These elevated exposures contributed to higher hail-related losses in both years.
The most significant driver of increased claim activity appears to be very large hail. In 2023 and 2024, the areas affected by very large hail surged by 137% and 91%, respectively, over 2022.
Compounding these impacts, these very large hail events increasingly struck densely populated areas, leading to a dramatic rise in properties affected — 312% in 2023 and 233% in 2024.

Putting the data into perspective

Verisk compared the 2025 hail season through mid-August to the same period in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Notably, in each of these years, just under 90% of annual hail events occurred by mid-August, indicating that 2025 results through this point likely reflect the eventual full-year results. Through mid-August 2025, compared to 2022, there has been a 20% increase in area and a 16% rise in properties affected by large hail —an increase closely mirroring the full-year increase observed in 2023. However, when looking at properties and areas affected by very large hail, 2025 only recorded a 67% increase in area and a 170% increase in properties. This remains a significant jump over 2022, but a much smaller increase than we saw in 2023 or 2024.

Regionality of storms

Very large hail events increasingly struck densely populated areas, leading to a dramatic rise in properties affected — 312% in 2023 and 233% in 2024. (Graphic published courtesy of Verisk)

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