Hail events in Coffey 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 245 hail events on record for Coffey County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

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

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 51 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

May 31 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

6 miles W of LE ROY ARPT

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At GRIDLEY

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

2 miles E of GRIDLEY

Apr 26 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of GRIDLEY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles SW of LE ROY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles W of LE ROY ARPT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At GRIDLEY

Mar 10 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles WSW of SHARPE

Jul 30 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of BURLINGTON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of LEBO

May 12 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SW of GRIDLEY

Apr 29 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of LE ROY

Oct 10 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles ESE of SHARPE

Jun 20 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of OTTUMWA

Jul 11 2020

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of WAVERLY

Hail4.00 in, softball size

1 mile S of WAVERLY

May 14 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of LE ROY

May 4 2020

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At LEBO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of WAVERLY

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile W of LEBO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LEBO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WAVERLY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of LEBO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of STRAWN

Aug 15 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of LE ROY ARPT

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 Coffey 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	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
1970s	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8
1980s	0	0	4	7	1	1	2	0	0	1	16
1990s	4	3	8	6	1	0	8	4	9	1	44
2000s	6	7	3	21	5	10	1	3	17	15	88
2010s	4	8	4	0	5	4	10	5	11	9	60
2020s	10	2	1	3	0	0	8 (part of the year)				24

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
Feb4 events
Mar23 events
Apr58 events
May68 events
Jun31 events
Jul20 events
Aug19 events
Sep17 events
Oct3 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Coffey County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	91
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	94
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	46
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	9
4 in and larger	softball and larger	5

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: Coffey County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Coffey	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	245	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	39.1	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	293.8	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 Coffey County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
15 Aug 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Aug 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
15 Aug 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
6 May 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
3 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
26 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2017	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
31 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Nov 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Sep 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Sep 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
4 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Oct 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
13 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	4.25 in	none	0	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Feb 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
26 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
26 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
11 Jul 2003	Hail	2.00 in	$15 thousand	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 1998	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1996	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
6 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 1996	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	2.75 in	$1.0 million	0	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 1993	Hail	1.50 in	$10 thousand	0	County
12 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Sep 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	4.50 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	4.50 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
16 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
26 Mar 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
21 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
12 Mar 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Mar 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 1986	Hail	3.50 in	none	18	County
1 Aug 1986	Hail	3.50 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
8 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
22 Nov 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
7 Sep 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 May 1983	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
27 May 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Apr 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Aug 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 1979	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
29 Mar 1979	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Sep 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 1977	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 1972	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
31 May 1968	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
4 Jun 1965	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
4 May 1963	Hail	4.50 in	none	0	County
16 May 1960	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Apr 1956	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County

The site keeps 200 of the 245 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: 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 Coffey County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/coffey/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 Coffey County?: May has 68 of the 245 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 Coffey County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Coffey County has 39.1.
How large is the hail on record for Coffey County?: 60 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.