Hail events in Franklin 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 250 hail events on record for Franklin County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 17 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 43 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 17 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of LE LOUP

Apr 13 2026

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SSW of OTTAWA

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile N of OTTAWA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles WSW of POMONA

Apr 23 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of RANTOUL

Apr 17 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At RICHTER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of OTTAWA MUNI ARPT

Jul 12 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of POMONA

Jun 28 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of WILLIAMSBURG

Sep 23 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At WELLSVILLE

Jul 14 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of WELLSVILLE

May 9 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of OTTAWA

Apr 20 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of OTTAWA

Dec 15 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNE of POMONA

May 4 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of RICHMOND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of WILLIAMSBURG

Jun 1 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of PEORIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles S of LE LOUP

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WNW of NORWOOD

May 6 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of RANTOUL ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of OTTAWA MUNI ARPT

Apr 17 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At RICHMOND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SE of RANTOUL ARPT

Aug 16 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of WILLIAMSBURG

Apr 13 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At OTTAWA

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 Franklin 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	1	1
1960s	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
1970s	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	7
1980s	0	0	2	1	3	1	3	0	2	0	12
1990s	1	1	7	2	3	5	7	4	12	5	47
2000s	16	6	13	18	4	7	5	5	15	5	94
2010s	2	13	2	5	10	6	5	9	10	7	69
2020s	2	1	0	4	2	3	4 (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
Feb10 events
Mar13 events
Apr61 events
May66 events
Jun40 events
Jul15 events
Aug25 events
Sep18 events
Oct0 events
Nov1 event
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Franklin County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	72
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	119
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	50
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	9
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: Franklin County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Franklin	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	250	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	43.7	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	96.2	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 Franklin County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 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
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 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
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	0.88 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	1.50 in	none	County
1 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Sep 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2003	Hail	2.75 in	$1.0 million	County
20 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Aug 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Sep 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Sep 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 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
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1995	Hail	2.50 in	$130 thousand	County
16 May 1995	Hail	2.75 in	$130 thousand	County
16 Apr 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$8 thousand	County
16 Apr 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Apr 1995	Hail	0.80 in	none	County
8 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
14 Apr 1994	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Apr 1993	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
7 Sep 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Sep 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
15 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Nov 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1978	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
22 Apr 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1974	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 May 1971	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1965	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 1964	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1963	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 1960	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 Feb 1959	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 200 of the 250 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 Franklin County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/franklin/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 Franklin County?: May has 66 of the 250 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 Franklin County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Franklin County has 43.7.
How large is the hail on record for Franklin County?: 59 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.