Hail events in DeKalb 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 197 hail events on record for DeKalb County, Alabama, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 2 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 25 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

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of HIGH PT

Apr 10 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At VALLEY HEAD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At KILPATRICK

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of VALLEY HEAD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of KILPATRICK

May 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles N of SULPHUR SPGS

Jul 20 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of GERALDINE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles WNW of GROVE OAK

Jul 2 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NNW of RAINSVILLE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile ENE of ELLIOT XRDS

Apr 6 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WNW of FT PAYNE

Apr 24 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile ESE of HIGH PT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At RIVER PARK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of GERALDINE

Mar 25 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CHIGGER HILL

Jul 21 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of RAINSVILLE

Mar 14 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of COLLINSVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of COLLINSVILLE

Sep 5 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of BEATY XRDS

Apr 5 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of RIVER PARK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of FT PAYNE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of COLLINSVILLE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of GROVE OAK

Mar 1 2017

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile E of BEATY XRDS

Aug 18 2016

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of FT PAYNE

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 DeKalb 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	1	0	0	0	1
1960s	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
1970s	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	7
1980s	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	1	10
1990s	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	6	14	6	31
2000s	4	2	10	12	2	13	12	7	10	7	79
2010s	6	12	11	4	4	4	1	6	0	2	50
2020s	1	4	1	4	1	5	0 (part of the year)				16

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

Jan6 events
Feb9 events
Mar32 events
Apr66 events
May31 events
Jun26 events
Jul18 events
Aug5 events
Sep1 event
Oct1 event
Nov1 event
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for DeKalb County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	83
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	69
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	40
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: DeKalb County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	DeKalb	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	197	8,089	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	25.4	16.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	27.4	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 DeKalb County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
22 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Dec 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Feb 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Oct 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
11 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 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	2.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
17 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Feb 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
2 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
13 May 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jan 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
7 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$60 thousand	County
3 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
18 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$75 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
20 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$7 thousand	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
28 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
29 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
15 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
14 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Feb 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jan 1995	Hail	0.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Nov 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1978	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Feb 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jan 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jan 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1967	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1962	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 Jun 1960	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 Mar 1956	Hail	2.00 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: 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 DeKalb County, Alabama". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/dekalb/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 DeKalb County?: April has 66 of the 197 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 DeKalb County compare with the other counties of Alabama?: The counties of Alabama have 16.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. DeKalb County has 25.4.
How large is the hail on record for DeKalb County?: 45 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.