Hail events in Broward County, Florida 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 210 hail events on record for Broward County, Florida, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 12 Jul 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 45 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

Jul 12 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of CORAL SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NW of LAUDERDALE LAKES

May 23 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NW of HOLLYWOOD N PERRY AR

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles WNW of HOLLYWOOD N PERRY AR

Jun 6 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

31 miles WNW of MIRAMAR

Mar 6 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

9 miles NNE of MIRAMAR

Mar 3 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of DAVIE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of DAVIE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of DAVIE

Jul 17 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NW of CORAL SPGS

Jun 3 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of PORT EVERGLADES

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of (FLL)FT LAUDRDL INTL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of WEST HOLLYWOOD

May 25 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles W of DAVIE

Apr 17 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At MIRAMAR

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile WSW of NORTH LAUDERDALE

May 15 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

8 miles N of MIRAMAR

Jul 4 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SSW of MARGATE

Jul 2 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of DAVIE

Jun 29 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles N of MIRAMAR

May 21 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

8 miles N of MIRAMAR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of CORAL SPGS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles SW of CORAL SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of CORAL SPGS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles W of CORAL SPGS

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 Broward 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	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
1980s	0	1	0	5	2	1	5	0	0	1	15
1990s	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	4	3	8	25
2000s	2	8	2	6	5	12	8	13	9	11	76
2010s	0	9	6	7	9	13	5	2	10	2	63
2020s	9	0	1	7	5	4	0 (part of the year)				26

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

Jan1 event
Feb15 events
Mar18 events
Apr25 events
May53 events
Jun47 events
Jul29 events
Aug14 events
Sep8 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Broward County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	118
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	65
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	25
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
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: Broward County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Broward	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	210	5,660	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.5	10.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	1.1	2.6	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 Broward County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
20 May 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Sep 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Sep 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Sep 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Sep 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Jun 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Apr 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Apr 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jul 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jul 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Mar 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 Feb 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
31 Jul 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
22 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
22 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Apr 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
4 Apr 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
26 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$500	0	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
22 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
21 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
4 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
29 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
26 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
26 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
16 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 2004	Hail	0.01 in	$1 thousand	0	County
9 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Mar 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
17 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
6 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2001	Hail	0.80 in	none	0	County
30 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 May 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 Aug 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Jul 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 Sep 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
12 Sep 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
31 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Mar 1995	Hail	2.00 in	none	1	County
23 Aug 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
16 Jan 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
5 Jul 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
26 Mar 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
26 Mar 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
26 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
15 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
15 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jul 1985	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
16 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 1984	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
28 Aug 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Feb 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Feb 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Feb 1983	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
26 Apr 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 1955	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County

The site keeps 199 of the 210 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: Miami - South Florida (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 Broward County, Florida". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/broward/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 Broward County?: May has 53 of the 210 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Florida?: NCEI has 5,668 hail events on record for Florida from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Broward County compare with the other counties of Florida?: The counties of Florida have 10.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Broward County has 17.5.
How large is the hail on record for Broward County?: 27 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.