Hail Repair in Olathe, KS
Olathe's record hailstone, 2.85 inches, fell on May 18, 2017. Read what NOAA logged, what it missed and what paintless repair does with the damage.
Golf ball hail shows up near Olathe in three years out of four. In NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) data, 12 of the 16 years from 2010 to 2025 include a golf ball report within 10 miles of the city. Olathe's record stone in that window, 2.85 inches, came down on May 18, 2017. It beats baseball size, which SPC sets at 2.75 inches. If you own a car in Olathe, though, the pattern matters more than the record. This page covers both, plus the months to watch and what paintless repair can fix. You also get a plain answer on one recent storm day that skipped Olathe, even though its neighbors were hit.
Nineteen golf ball days
SPC counted 141 reports of 1 inch hail or larger around Olathe from 2010 to 2025. Those landed on 44 days. A report is one look at hail from a spotter or the public, logged at its largest size, and that size is often estimated. It is not a storm, and one storm can send many.
Golf ball size, 1.75 inches and up, makes up 40 of the 141 reports. Those fell on 19 days. That ties Shawnee for third among the 20 metro cities, behind Overland Park and Lenexa.
Two reports reach baseball size. One is the 2.85 inch stone from May 18, 2017. The other is a 2.75 inch report from March 13, 2024. No other day near Olathe produced hail that large.
The latest 1 inch day on file is May 19, 2025. Six reports came in near Olathe that day, topping out at golf ball size. That date matters for the next section, because a big September storm day came after it and left Olathe out.
Record day, then a near miss
The record day is May 18, 2017. Five reports came in near Olathe, and the 2.85 inch stone was the largest.
The next spring brought a denser day, April 13, 2018. It produced 11 reports, topping out at 2 inches, the most of any golf ball day here. Fourteen metro cities logged hail that day.
Two more days reached 2.5 inches near Olathe, June 26, 2016, and September 23, 2023. On May 8, 2024, eight reports came in, topping out at 2 inches. Back on March 6, 2017, seven reports came in near Olathe, peaking at 2 inches. Hail touched 19 of the 20 metro cities on that date.
Then there is September 16, 2025. Hail reached 15 of the 20 metro cities. Olathe was not one of them. SPC has no report of 1 inch hail near Olathe that day. Lenexa and Overland Park, right next door, both logged golf ball hail. If you think your car was hit anyway, have it checked. A missing report does not mean the hail missed you.
May first, with a September bump
May holds 43 of the 141 reports. April adds 30, and March and June each add 17. September brings 15, a late bump after July and August add 7 and 10. August is not empty either, since its total includes the golf ball day of August 12, 2021.
October and December show one report each. January, February and November show none.
So spring is the core season in Olathe, and it starts early. The baseball report of March 13, 2024, fell about a week before the first day of spring. September deserves a second look too, since one of the 2.5 inch days landed there. Read what to do after hail before the next March storm, so the first hour after it goes smoothly.
Olathe, the Johnson County seat
Olathe is the county seat of Johnson County. Interstate 35 runs through it on the way southwest, and US 169 and Kansas Highway 7 also cross the city. Lenexa sits to the north, Overland Park to the east and Gardner to the southwest.
You keep the car while you decide, because the assessment happens wherever it is parked in Olathe.
Nearby pages cover Overland Park and Shawnee with Lenexa. The service areas page lists every other city the crew covers.
What you hear at the estimate
You hear the bad news first. Some hail dents will not come out with PDR, and you deserve to know which ones before anything starts. The rest of the car gets a full count. Where PDR stops walks through every limit. When you are ready, call for a free assessment.
Hail within 10 miles of Olathe
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center hail reports, retrieved October 7, 2026. The 2025 file is SPC's file for the current year, and it can still be revised. A report is one observation, not one storm.
Hail Repair Questions in Olathe
Not according to SPC. Hail reached 15 of the 20 metro cities that day, but no report of 1 inch hail or larger falls within range of Olathe. Lenexa and Overland Park both logged golf ball hail. Reports only show where someone saw hail and sent it in. If you believe your car took hail that day, the dents on it are the evidence that counts.
Often, yes. Age alone does not rule a dent out. What decides it is the paint and the metal. A dent with cracked paint, stretched metal or a sharp crease may not come out fully, however old it is. Whether that damage was already part of a paid claim is a question for your carrier. Ask before you file again, so nothing surprises you later.
Your carrier decides that, and policies differ. Hail is a comprehensive claim, which covers weather damage you did not cause. Some drivers worry a claim will count as a crash they caused. Comprehensive claims are not treated that way. How a carrier prices your renewal is its own call, so ask yours directly before you file. The blog has a full post on this question.
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