Hail events in Elk 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 159 hail events on record for Elk County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 26 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 24 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

Apr 26 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LONGTON

Aug 10 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of ELK FALLS

Jul 11 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles NNE of LONGTON

Jun 8 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HOWARD

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of HOWARD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile WSW of HOWARD

Apr 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

15 miles NNE of LONGTON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles E of GRENOLA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles N of HOWARD

Jul 17 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of ELK FALLS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At HOWARD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles NE of HOWARD

Apr 19 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of HOWARD

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles NE of GRENOLA

Jul 11 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of ELK FALLS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of ELK FALLS

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

7 miles SE of LONGTON

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

3 miles E of LONGTON

Apr 28 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At GRENOLA

May 18 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of LONGTON

Apr 17 2019

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile E of HOWARD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HOWARD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of GRENOLA

May 19 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LONGTON

Apr 25 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of MOLINE

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 Elk 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	0	0	0	0
1960s	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980s	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	7
1990s	0	2	0	3	6	0	5	2	3	1	22
2000s	7	8	7	4	8	7	8	5	26	6	86
2010s	1	11	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	4	22
2020s	5	0	0	5	3	5	1 (part of the year)				19

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
Feb5 events
Mar14 events
Apr41 events
May51 events
Jun23 events
Jul8 events
Aug6 events
Sep5 events
Oct2 events
Nov3 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Elk County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	53
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	71
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
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: Elk County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Elk	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	159	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	24.7	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	651.4	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 Elk County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
3 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.50 in	$1 thousand	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Nov 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jan 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Oct 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
22 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	1.00 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	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Feb 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Nov 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Nov 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Oct 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Feb 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$50	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
17 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
17 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
20 Feb 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
4 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 1991	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1985	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Sep 1973	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 1966	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 1960	Hail	2.75 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: Wichita, Kansas (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 Elk County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/elk/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 Elk County?: May has 51 of the 159 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 Elk County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Elk County has 24.7.
How large is the hail on record for Elk County?: 35 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.