Hail events in Finney 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 625 hail events on record for Finney County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 8 Jul 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 69 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

Jul 8 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

9 miles WNW of EMINENCE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

6 miles SW of KALVESTA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles WSW of KALVESTA

Apr 23 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of GARDEN CITY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NE of GARDEN CITY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of GARDEN CITY

Jul 7 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of GARDEN CITY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of GARDEN CITY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of GARDEN CITY

Jun 1 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles N of GARDEN CITY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles N of GARDEN CITY

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile NNE of GARDEN CITY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNW of HOLCOMB

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HOLCOMB

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NW of HOLCOMB

Mar 24 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SW of PLYMELL

Aug 7 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of PLYMELL

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At HOLCOMB

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HOLCOMB

Jul 20 2023

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

10 miles N of (GCK)GARDEN CITY ARPT

Feb 26 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NNW of PLYMELL

Apr 22 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of GARDEN CITY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

6 miles SE of TENNIS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of HOLCOMB

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HOLCOMB

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 Finney 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	1	0	0	5	1	7
1960s	0	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	14
1970s	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	2	1	13
1980s	3	4	2	3	0	5	7	3	0	7	34
1990s	3	3	15	18	7	21	20	23	22	27	159
2000s	16	31	13	15	21	11	28	28	48	21	232
2010s	21	26	7	18	13	12	6	18	11	1	133
2020s	3	5	4	5	10	6	0 (part of the year)				33

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
Feb3 events
Mar8 events
Apr60 events
May197 events
Jun153 events
Jul99 events
Aug49 events
Sep31 events
Oct23 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Finney County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	258
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	226
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	116
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	18
4 in and larger	softball and larger	7

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: Finney County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Finney	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	625	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	48.0	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	164.0	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 Finney County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
7 Aug 2021	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
24 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 May 2021	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 Jul 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jul 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
14 Jul 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2016	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Nov 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Nov 2015	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Sep 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Oct 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Oct 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
31 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Sep 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2009	Hail	2.75 in	$8 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	4.25 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Oct 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Oct 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Oct 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Oct 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Sep 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	4.25 in	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Feb 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1999	Hail	4.00 in	$53 million	County
18 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$750 thousand	County
16 May 1995	Hail	4.50 in	$4.9 million	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$150 thousand	County
18 Sep 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$5.0 million	County
18 Sep 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County

The site keeps 200 of the 625 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: Dodge City, 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 Finney County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/finney/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 Finney County?: May has 197 of the 625 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 Finney County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Finney County has 48.0.
How large is the hail on record for Finney County?: 141 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.