Hail events in Clay County, Iowa 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 252 hail events on record for Clay County, Iowa, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

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

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

Jun 28 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of WEBB

May 15 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNW of GREENVILLE

Apr 13 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of WEBB

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NE of WEBB

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNW of PETERSON

Jun 16 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles NNE of WEBB

Apr 28 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of DICKENS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of FOSTORIA

Jun 21 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles ENE of DICKENS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of EVERLY. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Jun 17 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles WNW of DICKENS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At SPENCER

Jun 12 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles ENE of DICKENS

May 24 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles ESE of SPENCER

May 20 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of WEBB

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At GREENVILLE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At ROYAL

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

3 miles WSW of ROYAL

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

2 miles WNW of ROYAL. Damage estimate: $23 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

4 miles SSE of MONETA

Oct 23 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of SPENCER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of SPENCER

Apr 23 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SSE of SPENCER

Apr 12 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At SPENCER

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles WSW of CORNELL

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	0	1	0	1	2
1960s	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	5
1980s	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	1	0	6	26
1990s	1	1	0	0	9	3	5	1	6	1	27
2000s	11	21	22	1	27	13	2	3	4	11	115
2010s	11	1	4	2	3	0	2	4	11	7	45
2020s	1	0	3	2	12	3	5 (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

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar2 events
Apr30 events
May53 events
Jun71 events
Jul44 events
Aug26 events
Sep17 events
Oct9 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

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	107
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	85
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	50
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	8
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: Clay County beside the total of the counties of Iowa and of the United States
Measure	Clay	All counties of Iowa	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	252	15,913	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	44.4	28.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	153.3	49.8	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
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.50 in	$125 thousand	County
4 Jul 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Jul 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Sep 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Sep 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 2005	Hail	2.75 in	$500 thousand	County
8 Sep 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Sep 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Sep 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	4.25 in	$500 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	4.25 in	$500 thousand	County
1 Oct 2002	Hail	1.50 in	$30 million	County
16 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 2000	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2000	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
2 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1995	Hail	0.50 in	none	County
27 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$1.8 million	County
27 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$11 thousand	County
21 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$55 thousand	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$55 thousand	County
17 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$55 thousand	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	0.88 in	$55 thousand	County
10 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
10 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
6 Jun 1994	Hail	0.88 in	$55 thousand	County
14 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Aug 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Sep 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Aug 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Sep 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1980	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1979	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1978	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 1978	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1965	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1963	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 1961	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 1960	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 1960	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 1960	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1959	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 194 of the 252 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: Sioux Falls, SD (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, Iowa". https://countyhazards.com/county/ia/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?: June has 71 of the 252 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Iowa?: NCEI has 15,950 hail events on record for Iowa 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 Iowa?: The counties of Iowa have 28.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Clay County has 44.4.
How large is the hail on record for Clay County?: 60 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.