Hail events in Marion 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 152 hail events on record for Marion County, Alabama, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 28 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 22 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

Apr 28 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PEARCES MILL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SW of PEARCES MILL

May 8 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At TWIN

Apr 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of BEAR CREEK

Mar 23 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles S of PULLTIGHT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At GUIN

Mar 13 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of WINFIELD

Oct 12 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At TWIN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles ESE of BARNESVILLE

Jun 17 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of SHOTTSVILLE

Apr 6 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles SSE of THORN HILL

Jun 28 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of BARNESVILLE

Mar 19 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNE of THORN HILL

Mar 27 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of HACKLEBURG

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NW of SHOTTSVILLE

Mar 10 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSW of HACKLEBURG

Mar 9 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles NW of HAMILTON ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of HAMILTON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NW of HAMILTON ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SW of BARNESVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of HAMILTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NW of BEXAR

Mar 1 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of WINFIELD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of GODDARD

Mar 31 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of ROCK CITY

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 Marion 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	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1980s	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	10
1990s	0	0	1	0	3	7	9	9	5	1	35
2000s	3	1	2	9	3	6	13	4	2	9	52
2010s	5	9	7	5	2	1	0	11	2	1	43
2020s	0	0	3	0	0	5	2 (part of the year)				10

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

Jan7 events
Feb2 events
Mar49 events
Apr40 events
May25 events
Jun6 events
Jul8 events
Aug1 event
Sep0 events
Oct8 events
Nov3 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Marion County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	67
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	31
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Marion County beside the total of the counties of Alabama and of the United States
Measure	Marion	All counties of Alabama	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	152	8,089	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	20.5	16.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	52.0	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 Marion County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
6 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jan 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2011	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	2.50 in	$10 thousand	County
12 Mar 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Oct 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jul 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Nov 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Feb 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Dec 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$14 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$75 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
19 Mar 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Oct 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
2 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$7 thousand	County
3 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$13 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	2.00 in	$16 thousand	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
18 Oct 1996	Hail	0.88 in	$9 thousand	County
18 Oct 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
11 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
27 May 1996	Hail	4.50 in	$28 thousand	County
29 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
6 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
5 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
5 Mar 1996	Hail	not recorded	$4 thousand	County
5 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
4 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Oct 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Nov 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Feb 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1963	Hail	1.75 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: NWS Birmingham, Alabama (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 Marion County, Alabama". https://countyhazards.com/county/al/marion/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 Marion County?: March has 49 of the 152 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 Marion County compare with the other counties of Alabama?: The counties of Alabama have 16.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Marion County has 20.5.
How large is the hail on record for Marion County?: 34 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.