Hail events in Wabaunsee 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 291 hail events on record for Wabaunsee County, Kansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 18 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 46 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 18 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

6 miles NNW of VOLLAND

Apr 27 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NE of KEENE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of ALTA VISTA

Sep 3 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of HARVEYVILLE

Jun 18 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSW of ALTA VISTA

Apr 23 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SW of WABAUNSEE

May 19 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of ESKRIDGE

Mar 13 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile N of NEWBURY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles SW of WABAUNSEE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SSW of ALLENDORPH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of ALLENDORPH

Hail4.00 in, softball size

2 miles WSW of ALMA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of ALMA

Jul 14 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of ESKRIDGE

Jun 30 2023

Hail4.00 in, softball size

1 mile SSE of MAPLE HILL

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NE of KEENE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of MC FARLAND

May 9 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SW of WABAUNSEE

Apr 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNE of ESKRIDGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ESKRIDGE

Aug 29 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WNW of ALMA

Jun 11 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NW of ALMA

Jun 10 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of KEENE

May 15 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of ESKRIDGE

Jul 11 2020

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

4 miles NE of KEENE

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 Wabaunsee 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	1	0	0	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	6
1970s	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
1980s	0	1	2	1	2	0	4	4	0	0	14
1990s	1	4	7	0	0	3	3	8	5	3	34
2000s	8	17	25	13	9	11	12	8	20	12	135
2010s	7	12	10	4	3	12	4	8	2	3	65
2020s	8	0	4	7	7	3	3 (part of the year)				32

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
Mar22 events
Apr58 events
May82 events
Jun70 events
Jul22 events
Aug13 events
Sep9 events
Oct10 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Wabaunsee County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	91
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	120
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	65
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	10
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: Wabaunsee County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Wabaunsee	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	291	40,204	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	36.6	49.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	417.7	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 Wabaunsee County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
11 Jul 2020	Hail	3.50 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Aug 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 Aug 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 Oct 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Sep 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Feb 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Aug 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	2.75 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	2.75 in	$1 thousand	County
15 May 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2008	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Oct 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Oct 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
30 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Oct 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 1997	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
17 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$440 thousand	County
12 May 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1969	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Apr 1968	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
11 May 1966	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
4 May 1963	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 May 1963	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 1963	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1956	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 198 of the 291 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 Wabaunsee County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/wabaunsee/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 Wabaunsee County?: May has 82 of the 291 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 Wabaunsee County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 49.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Wabaunsee County has 36.6.
How large is the hail on record for Wabaunsee County?: 80 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.