Hail events in Reno 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 720 hail events on record for Reno County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 10 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 83 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

Jun 10 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of BUHLER

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of BUHLER

May 30 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles ENE of CHENEY RES

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of CHENEY RES

May 18 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HAVEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ARLINGTON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile WNW of HUTCHINSON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WNW of HUTCHINSON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of HUTCHINSON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of HUTCHINSON

Apr 14 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of SYLVIA

Apr 11 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

8 miles S of ARLINGTON

Mar 5 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles NNE of YODER

Apr 22 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At HAVEN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of HAVEN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NW of CHENEY RES

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At PRETTY PRAIRIE

Apr 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of HUTCHINSON

Oct 30 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NE of TURON

Oct 21 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles N of HUTCHINSON

Jun 15 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SSW of SOUTH HUTCHINSON

May 31 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles ESE of (HUT)HUTCHINSON MUNI

May 6 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of NICKERSON

Mar 7 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile W of NICKERSON

Jul 14 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At ARLINGTON

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 Reno 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	1	1	0	2
1960s	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	10
1970s	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	3	0	3	16
1980s	3	1	3	2	3	2	8	2	5	6	35
1990s	12	28	6	7	6	10	17	15	27	9	137
2000s	14	40	39	30	19	39	15	27	38	32	293
2010s	12	23	22	28	20	26	11	5	22	22	191
2020s	2	2	4	4	6	5	13 (part of the year)				36

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
Feb7 events
Mar31 events
Apr119 events
May236 events
Jun153 events
Jul88 events
Aug31 events
Sep42 events
Oct9 events
Nov2 events
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Reno County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	229
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	267
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	199
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	20
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: Reno County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Reno	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	720	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	57.4	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	117.2	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 Reno County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
9 May 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2023	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 2023	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Sep 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Sep 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2022	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Aug 2021	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2021	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2019	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Oct 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2016	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Dec 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Sep 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$300 thousand	County
9 Jul 2003	Hail	2.75 in	$75 thousand	County
24 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$790 thousand	County
5 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
9 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$50	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	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	1.00 in	$6 thousand	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County

The site keeps 157 of the 720 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 Reno County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/reno/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 Reno County?: May has 236 of the 720 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 Reno County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Reno County has 57.4.
How large is the hail on record for Reno County?: 224 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.