Hail events in Kingman 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 402 hail events on record for Kingman County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 30 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 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 30 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles E of KINGMAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles N of ZENDA

May 18 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles S of KINGMAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

Apr 25 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SW of NASHVILLE

Mar 10 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles N of ZENDA

Mar 5 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

Oct 7 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

Sep 1 2025

Hail4.00 in, softball size

4 miles SSE of CLEVELAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of KINGMAN

Jul 8 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

May 25 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of CLEVELAND

Apr 22 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of NASHVILLE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles WNW of KINGMAN MUNI ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

6 miles SE of PENALOSA

Apr 30 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of NORWICH

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles S of MT VERNON

Mar 7 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of KINGMAN

May 9 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles ESE of NASHVILLE

Apr 14 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles SE of PENALOSA

May 4 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MURDOCK

May 2 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of CUNNINGHAM

May 3 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NNW of NORWICH

Mar 24 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ZENDA

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 Kingman 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	1	0	1
1960s	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
1970s	0	0	1	1	6	3	0	1	0	1	13
1980s	0	1	1	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	14
1990s	2	9	1	6	5	6	10	9	13	19	80
2000s	11	36	32	11	17	6	16	9	16	17	171
2010s	21	9	13	15	15	4	11	3	2	2	95
2020s	2	1	1	2	3	9	7 (part of the year)				25

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
Feb6 events
Mar23 events
Apr72 events
May153 events
Jun78 events
Jul22 events
Aug22 events
Sep10 events
Oct14 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Kingman County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	146
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	147
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	95
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	13
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Kingman County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Kingman	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	402	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	46.6	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	543.8	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 Kingman County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
15 Jun 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Oct 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2014	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 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	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Oct 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Aug 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Feb 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Feb 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Feb 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
12 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$70 thousand	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Mar 2009	Hail	0.50 in	$10 thousand	County
5 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$18 thousand	County
24 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$1.8 million	County
25 Jun 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
25 Jun 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 May 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 May 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Apr 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Mar 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Feb 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 1994	Hail	1.50 in	$500	County
21 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Oct 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$500	County
17 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
17 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
17 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
17 May 1993	Hail	1.50 in	$10 thousand	County
15 May 1993	Hail	2.75 in	$100 thousand	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1991	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Apr 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 1986	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
22 Sep 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 Jul 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Aug 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1979	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Nov 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1975	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Oct 1973	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Apr 1972	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1969	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1963	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1960	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
24 May 1958	Hail	2.00 in	none	County

The site keeps 197 of the 402 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: 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 Kingman County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/kingman/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 Kingman County?: May has 153 of the 402 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 Kingman County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Kingman County has 46.6.
How large is the hail on record for Kingman County?: 109 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.