Hail, Grant
- When
- April 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -90.480
Hail in Wisconsin, April 3, 1978
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -88.700
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 3, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.450
Hail, Rock
- When
- April 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -89.070
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -88.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10148279, 10148280, 10148281, 10148282, 10148283.