Q2 2025 Hail Market Analysis: Where Crews Saw the Most Activity

Quarter in Numbers

Q2 2025 produced 6,870 qualifying hail events from April through June. Those events covered 142,042,925 warning-area addresses. Peak confirmed hail reached 5.0 inches. Average confirmed hail came in at 1.32 inches.

The quarter had volume across a wide spread of markets. Large address counts were not limited to one corridor. Texas held multiple high-exposure metros. Colorado, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, and Illinois also posted meaningful address totals.

For contractors, the quarter stayed active enough to keep crews moving. The data shows repeated pressure in a few core markets and a broader field of smaller events across adjacent metros.

Top Markets by Activity

Dallas, Texas led the quarter with 3,464,290 warning-area addresses across 2 events. Peak confirmed hail there reached 1.0 inch. Dallas posted the largest address exposure in the dataset even with a low event count.

Colorado Springs, Colorado ranked second with 1,915,049 warning-area addresses across 16 events. Peak confirmed hail reached 1.8 inches. That event count was the highest among the top 10 metros. The market stayed busy through the quarter.

Fort Worth, Texas followed with 1,651,868 warning-area addresses across 4 events. Peak confirmed hail reached 1.3 inches. Dallas and Fort Worth together accounted for 5,116,158 warning-area addresses. The two metros formed the largest paired exposure in the list.

St. Louis, Missouri recorded 1,481,077 warning-area addresses across 3 events. Peak confirmed hail reached 2.0 inches. That was the highest peak hail in the top 10 metros. The market combined moderate event count with stronger hail size.

Indianapolis, Indiana posted 1,302,669 warning-area addresses across 2 events. Peak confirmed hail reached 1.0 inch. Nashville, Tennessee followed with 1,173,966 warning-area addresses across 2 events and peak hail of 1.8 inches.

Chicago, Illinois had 1,169,591 warning-area addresses from a single event. Peak confirmed hail reached 1.0 inch. Lakehills, Texas posted 1,058,963 warning-area addresses from one event. Cleburne, Texas recorded 1,045,278 warning-area addresses across 3 events. Antioch, Tennessee rounded out the list with 1,044,073 warning-area addresses across 2 events and peak hail of 1.5 inches.

The top 10 metros together accounted for 16,307,864 warning-area addresses. Texas metros made up 7,220,399 of those addresses across Dallas, Fort Worth, Lakehills, and Cleburne. Tennessee metros added 2,218,039 across Nashville and Antioch. Colorado Springs alone carried nearly 1.9 million addresses over 16 separate events.

Regional Distribution

Texas remained the clearest concentration of exposure in the quarter. Dallas, Fort Worth, Lakehills, and Cleburne all landed in the top 10. Dallas and Fort Worth were the main anchor points. Lakehills and Cleburne added smaller but still meaningful address totals. The Texas group produced repeated work opportunities across four different metros.

The Dallas–Fort Worth area stood out as a high-address market with fewer events than Colorado Springs. Dallas had 3.46 million addresses across 2 events. Fort Worth added 1.65 million across 4 events. Cleburne added another 1.05 million across 3 events. That cluster points to a broad North Texas deployment zone rather than a single isolated storm track.

Colorado Springs represented the most event-dense market in the quarter. Sixteen events pushed 1.92 million warning-area addresses. The mix of frequency and size suggests repeated return trips, not one large one-off deployment. Contractors working that corridor would have seen multiple short runs instead of a single heavy concentration.

The Midwest showed a different pattern. St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Chicago each cleared 1.1 million warning-area addresses. St. Louis carried the strongest hail of the group at 2.0 inches. Indianapolis and Chicago both topped out at 1.0 inch. The Midwest exposure was spread across fewer events than Colorado Springs, but the address totals stayed high.

Tennessee produced two entries in the top 10. Nashville and Antioch combined for 2,218,039 warning-area addresses across 4 events. Nashville reached 1.8 inches. Antioch reached 1.5 inches. The metro pair suggests a shared deployment lane across Middle Tennessee rather than isolated local demand.

When grouped by these metro clusters, the quarter shows three main pressure zones. North Texas carried the heaviest address load. Colorado Springs carried the most event volume. The Midwest and Tennessee markets provided a steady middle tier of exposure with enough size to support crew rotation.

What This Means for Deployment

Crews should have started Q2 with North Texas near the top of the board. Dallas and Fort Worth produced more than 5.1 million warning-area addresses combined. Lakehills and Cleburne added another 2.1 million. That cluster supports staged coverage inside Texas rather than splitting resources too thin.

Colorado Springs needed a different staffing approach. Sixteen events across one metro create more frequent dispatch cycles. Smaller crews can work the repeat nature of that market, but the cadence matters more than any single peak size. A team based too far away would have lost time on each return trip.

St. Louis, Nashville, and Antioch belong in the secondary deployment lane. St. Louis had the strongest top-end hail among the top 10 metros at 2.0 inches. Nashville and Antioch both posted peaks above 1.0 inch and above 1.5 inches. Those markets support rapid-response planning without requiring the same density as North Texas.

Indianapolis and Chicago were lower on event count but still carried more than 1.1 million warning-area addresses each. A single event in Chicago reached 1,169,591 addresses. That kind of footprint can fill a crew schedule quickly if timing lines up with nearby work.

The quarter also showed that event count and address exposure do not always move together. Dallas had only 2 events but the highest metro address total in the list. Colorado Springs had 16 events but less than two million addresses. Contractors who only watch storm frequency can miss the larger address concentration. Contractors who only watch metro size can miss the repeat-work markets.

For Q3 planning, the data points to a core group of metros that merit standby capacity: Dallas, Fort Worth, Colorado Springs, St. Louis, Nashville, Indianapolis, Chicago, Lakehills, Cleburne, and Antioch. The quarter did not produce a single dominant national market. It produced several high-value metro lanes with different deployment profiles.

The practical read is straightforward. Put your largest coverage in North Texas. Keep repeat-capacity in Colorado Springs. Maintain response lanes in the St. Louis, Tennessee, and Midwest markets. The quarter rewarded crews that could move between high-address metros and short-notice repeat events.