Hail events in Clay 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 120 hail events on record for Clay County, Florida, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 4 Feb 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 12 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 4 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of KINGSLEY

Jun 9 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of BELLAIR WEST

May 21 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of DOCTORS INLET

Apr 26 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile E of CAMP BLNDG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of MILL CREEK

Feb 9 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of HIBERNIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles WNW of MILL CREEK

May 22 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles NNW of MEADOWBROOK

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WSW of MEADOWBROOK

Jul 2 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of BELLAIR WEST

Jun 15 2017

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile N of DOCTORS INLET

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of DOCTORS INLET

Jul 1 2015

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles ENE of MC RAE

Dec 22 2014

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NW of MEADOWBROOK

Jul 14 2014

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles WNW of MILL CREEK

Jun 21 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles SW of MILL CREEK

Jun 10 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of BELLAIR WEST

Jun 8 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of BELLAIR WEST

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles WNW of MEADOWBROOK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of MEADOWBROOK

May 11 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles ENE of MC RAE

May 1 2014

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At ORANGE PARK

Apr 30 2014

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of GREEN COVE SPGS

Sep 6 2013

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of RIDEOUT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At MEADOWBROOK

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 Clay 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	1	0	1	3
1960s	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	6
1980s	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7
1990s	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	4	0	11
2000s	6	5	3	9	4	1	8	1	5	6	48
2010s	4	6	6	4	10	1	0	2	0	1	34
2020s	2	2	0	4	1	0	0 (part of the year)				9

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

Jan2 events
Feb5 events
Mar17 events
Apr16 events
May30 events
Jun26 events
Jul15 events
Aug6 events
Sep2 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Clay County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	60
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	43
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	17
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
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: Clay County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Clay	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	120	5,660	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	19.8	10.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	5.4	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 Clay County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
20 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Aug 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jan 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Feb 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Feb 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2000	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 2000	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jan 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 Jul 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1982	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1980	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1978	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 1974	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Apr 1971	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Jul 1964	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 1964	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Apr 1959	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1957	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1956	Hail	1.00 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: Jacksonville, FL (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 Clay County, Florida". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/clay/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 Clay County?: May has 30 of the 120 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 Clay County compare with the other counties of Florida?: The counties of Florida have 10.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Clay County has 19.8.
How large is the hail on record for Clay County?: 17 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.