Hail events in Cullman 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 265 hail events on record for Cullman County, Alabama, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 26 Feb 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

Feb 26 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of HOLLY POND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of BERLIN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SE of HOLLY POND. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles NW of LONGVIEW

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WNW of CORINTH

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles SE of HOLLY POND. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BROOKLYN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WSW of JOPPA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NE of BAILEYTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of WEST PT

Apr 10 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of BETHEL

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At HOLLY POND

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of BERLIN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles SSW of MT VIEW

Apr 18 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of CENTER HALL

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NW of HANCEVILLE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SE of LORETTO

Feb 12 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At VINEMONT

Apr 28 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of CULLMAN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of ST BERNARD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NW of ST BERNARD

Apr 24 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of JOPPA

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of HOLMES GAP

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of FAIRVIEW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of VINEMONT

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 Cullman 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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
1970s	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	7
1980s	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	1	12
1990s	1	1	2	1	5	9	5	8	15	10	57
2000s	11	8	12	10	3	13	17	4	9	14	101
2010s	12	9	7	1	6	9	1	4	6	1	56
2020s	2	7	0	3	4	8	6 (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

Jan4 events
Feb12 events
Mar58 events
Apr79 events
May48 events
Jun19 events
Jul11 events
Aug15 events
Sep1 event
Oct11 events
Nov6 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Cullman County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	111
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	72
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	75
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Cullman County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	Cullman	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	265	8,089	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	36.1	16.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	29.6	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 Cullman County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
24 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Aug 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	5.38 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Nov 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Oct 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Oct 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Sep 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2012	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Feb 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
2 Aug 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
24 Nov 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
27 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
24 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$7 thousand	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
20 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
4 Jun 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
18 Jan 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
15 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
16 Apr 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$70 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	2.00 in	$30 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$13 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.25 in	$8 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$6 thousand	County
19 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Oct 1997	Hail	2.75 in	$65 thousand	County
25 Oct 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
2 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$7 thousand	County
2 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$6 thousand	County
2 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$12 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
11 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$17 thousand	County
7 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$17 thousand	County
18 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$20 thousand	County
18 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
6 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
27 Oct 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	3.75 in	$650 thousand	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jan 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Nov 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Oct 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1989	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1984	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1972	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1972	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 1963	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 197 of the 265 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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: Huntsville, AL (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 Cullman County, Alabama". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/cullman/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 Cullman County?: April has 79 of the 265 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 Cullman County compare with the other counties of Alabama?: The counties of Alabama have 16.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Cullman County has 36.1.
How large is the hail on record for Cullman County?: 82 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.