Hail events in Anderson County, Kansas 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 176 hail events on record for Anderson County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 31 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 37 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

Mar 31 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles WSW of WESTPHALIA

May 19 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of GARNETT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of LONE ELM

Jul 12 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles S of GARNETT

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSW of MONT IDA

Apr 15 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles SSW of AMIOT

Mar 31 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of COLONY

Jul 11 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of WELDA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles NNE of WELDA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of WELDA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

5 miles NNE of MONT IDA

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

3 miles S of HARRIS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles N of WESTPHALIA

May 4 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of GREELY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles WNW of SCIPIO

Apr 28 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of KINCAID

Aug 17 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles S of GARNETT

Aug 15 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of AMIOT

Jul 31 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles W of COLONY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles W of COLONY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ENE of WESTPHALIA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ENE of WESTPHALIA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ENE of WESTPHALIA

Jul 21 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of WELDA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles S of AMIOT

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 Anderson 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
1980s	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	9
1990s	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	9	2	23
2000s	3	6	14	14	1	6	4	3	12	6	69
2010s	3	6	1	1	13	8	1	2	1	18	54
2020s	9	0	0	2	2	2	1 (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

Jan0 events
Feb5 events
Mar7 events
Apr45 events
May42 events
Jun25 events
Jul29 events
Aug9 events
Sep9 events
Oct5 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Anderson County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	61
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	75
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	37
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
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: Anderson County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Anderson	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	176	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	30.4	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	226.3	137.0	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 Anderson County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Oct 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Aug 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Aug 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 Oct 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Oct 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	Forecast zone
10 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
31 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Feb 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Feb 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
14 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Sep 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 May 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Aug 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1982	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Oct 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1973	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 1956	Hail	2.50 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: Topeka, KS (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 Anderson County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/anderson/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 Anderson County?: April has 45 of the 176 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Kansas?: NCEI has 40,229 hail events on record for Kansas from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Anderson County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Anderson County has 30.4.
How large is the hail on record for Anderson County?: 40 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.