Hail events in Baldwin County, Alabama The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 178 hail events on record for Baldwin County, Alabama, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 3 Jan 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

Jan 3 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NE of WHITEHOUSE FORKS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of WHITEHOUSE FORKS

Nov 9 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

8 miles NNW of TAYLORS CAMP

Jun 23 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of STEELWOOD

Apr 10 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MAGNOLIA SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of FT MORGAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles WSW of GASQUE

Mar 9 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At LILLIAN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ELBERTA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At FOLEY

Jul 22 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SE of MALBIS

Jun 22 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At DAPHNE

Apr 27 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At FOLEY

Mar 28 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At PERDIDO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of PERDIDO

May 15 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of FAIRHOPE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of ROBERTSDALE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of ROBERTSDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of SUMMERDALE

May 14 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles SSW of LOXLEY

Apr 15 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of FOLEY MUNI ARPT

Apr 10 2021

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

4 miles SW of LILLIAN

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At JOSEPHINE

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

At ORANGE BEACH

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At ORANGE BEACH

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Baldwin County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	9
1990s	1	1	2	2	1	12	7	15	10	7	58
2000s	5	1	5	18	0	8	13	3	3	2	58
2010s	0	4	2	1	0	1	3	5	0	0	16
2020s	1	9	5	5	6	2	2 (part of the year)				30

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan17 events
Feb6 events
Mar36 events
Apr43 events
May37 events
Jun14 events
Jul11 events
Aug7 events
Sep1 event
Oct0 events
Nov3 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Baldwin County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	79
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	53
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	43
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Baldwin County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	Baldwin	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	178	8,089	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	11.2	16.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	7.4	16.0	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Baldwin County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
10 Apr 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2021	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jul 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jan 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Jan 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jan 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jan 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Dec 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Feb 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$8 thousand	County
11 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jan 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Sep 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Mar 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jan 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Mar 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Nov 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
27 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Dec 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Feb 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1995	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Feb 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Feb 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Aug 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Feb 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Nov 1988	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Jun 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Dec 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jan 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 1972	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 1955	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Mobile/Pensacola (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Baldwin County, Alabama". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/baldwin/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Baldwin County?: April has 43 of the 178 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Alabama?: NCEI has 8,096 hail events on record for Alabama from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Baldwin County compare with the other counties of Alabama?: The counties of Alabama have 16.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Baldwin County has 11.2.
How large is the hail on record for Baldwin County?: 46 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.