Hail Repair in Parkville, MO
No city in the metro data logs hail on more days than Parkville. See the NOAA record, why April runs so high here and what PDR can fix.
Hail finds Parkville more often than any other city in our data. Reports logged by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) put hail of 1 inch or larger within 10 miles of town on 51 days from 2010 to 2025. Shawnee is second with 50. Parkville is a small town on the Missouri River, which makes that count worth explaining. Part of the reason is geometry. The circle around Parkville reaches south across the river and east into the Northland, so it collects reports from a wide stretch of the metro. For you, the meaning is simple. A car parked in Parkville sits under one of the busiest hail records in the area.
Mostly below golf ball size
In all, 148 reports of hail at 1 inch or larger landed in Parkville's circle. Those came on the 51 days. Every report is one hail observation, tagged with the biggest size seen, and plenty of those sizes are estimates. A single storm can account for many of them.
Golf ball size, 1.75 inches and over, accounts for 30 reports on 12 days. That puts Parkville in the middle of the pack for big hail, well below where it ranks for hail days. Most reports here, 118 of the 148, fall between 1 inch and golf ball size.
Two reports reached baseball size. The record is a 3.0 inch stone on April 30, 2010. The other is a 2.75 inch report on June 19, 2011.
The latest 1 inch day was September 16, 2025, and that hail stayed below golf ball size here. The latest golf ball day was May 8, 2024.
For a car, that mix means frequent, moderate hail with the odd big stone. Moderate hail still dents roofs and hoods. It just tends to leave more dents of a size that PDR handles well.
A 3.0 inch stone in April
The record belongs to April 30, 2010. Five reports came in near Parkville that day, led by the 3.0 inch stone. It was the second golf ball day of that April. On April 7, 2010, four reports had already come in, topping out at golf ball size.
The densest day was May 26, 2016. It brought 15 reports, topping out at 1.75 inches. Hail reached 19 of the 20 metro cities that day.
On April 8, 2011, six reports topped out at golf ball size. Four years later to the day, April 8, 2015, brought six more, peaking at 2.25 inches. On June 19, 2011, three reports came in, led by a 2.75 inch stone. On May 10, 2014, six reports topped out at 2.5 inches.
On May 18, 2017, nine more reports arrived, again peaking at golf ball size. Then on May 8, 2024, eight came in, the most recent golf ball day on file here.
The metro's biggest April count
In Parkville, May comes first with 57 of the 148 reports. April is right behind with 48. No other city in the metro data logs as much April hail. Together those two months hold 105 reports, or about 71 percent.
The rest of the year is thin. June adds 15, while March shows only 8. July through October total 15. November adds four, and December one. Those few late reports are a reminder that a fall storm can still reach the river.
So in Parkville, the window is mostly April and May. April alone produced four golf ball days here, two of them in 2010. Two others fell on April 8, four years apart, in 2011 and 2015. The hail season post shows how that compares across the metro.
Parkville on the Missouri River
Parkville sits in Platte County, on the north bank of the Missouri River. Highway 9 runs through town along the river, and Interstate 435 passes to the west. Riverside lies to the east, and Kansas City, Missouri, reaches up to the north.
You do not cross the river to a shop just to learn what you are dealing with, because the crew drives to the car anywhere in Platte County.
Neighbors with their own pages include Kansas City, Kansas, across the river, and Liberty, to the east.
Ask for the short list
The most useful thing you get at the estimate is the list of dents that will not come out. You hear all of it before you commit to anything. Alongside it, you get the count of dents that can come out. To see what tends to land on that list, read what PDR cannot fix. How it works walks through each step. Call for a free assessment.
Hail within 10 miles of Parkville
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 Parkville
The count uses a circle around each city, and Parkville's circle is wide open to the metro. It takes in reports from across the river in Kansas and from much of the Northland. Our method also lets one report count for several cities. So the number describes the area around Parkville, not just the town. Your car still sits inside that area.
April is close, but May still leads. SPC logged 57 May reports near Parkville and 48 in April. That April figure is the highest of all 20 cities in our data. Four golf ball days fell in April, including April 30, 2010, the record day. March is quiet by comparison, with only 8 reports. If your car parks outside, treat both months as the season.
The crew comes to the car and checks every panel in good light. You get a count of the dents and a straight answer on which ones PDR can remove. Dents with cracked paint, stretched metal or a sharp crease go on a separate list, because they may not come out fully. You decide what happens next with that list in hand.
Get the Dents Out, Keep the Paint
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