Hail events in Ballard County, Kentucky 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 58 hail events on record for Ballard County, Kentucky, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 16 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 18 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 16 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WICKLIFFE

May 16 2025

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

2 miles WSW of LA CENTER. Damage estimate: $30 thousand

Hail4.50 in, grapefruit size

1 mile NW of GUM CORNERS. Damage estimate: $300 thousand

Jul 20 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BANDANA

Jul 17 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles N of BLANDVILLE

May 7 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BANDANA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WICKLIFFE

Dec 5 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At GAGE

Mar 2 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles WNW of GAGE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles WNW of GAGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LA CENTER

Jun 21 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WICKLIFFE

Hail3.40 in, tea cup size

At BARLOW

May 31 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At KEVIL

Mar 16 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At BLANDVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WICKLIFFE

May 27 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At KEVIL

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSW of KEVIL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WICKLIFFE

May 5 2012

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At WICKLIFFE

Jan 22 2012

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At MONKEYS EYEBROW

Jun 19 2011

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At KEVIL

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At OSCAR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LA CENTER

Apr 26 2011

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BARLOW

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 Ballard 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	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970s	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990s	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	7
2000s	2	0	3	3	2	1	5	2	0	1	19
2010s	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	17
2020s	3	1	0	4	0	2	1 (part of the year)				11

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

Jan3 events
Feb1 event
Mar7 events
Apr13 events
May20 events
Jun8 events
Jul3 events
Aug1 event
Sep1 event
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Ballard County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	22
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	24
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	8
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
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: Ballard County beside the total of the counties of Kentucky and of the United States
Measure	Ballard	All counties of Kentucky	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	58	6,614	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	23.5	16.7	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	75.4	14.7	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 Ballard County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
15 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
30 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
29 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2000	Hail	1.50 in	$10 thousand	County
3 Jan 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jan 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Mar 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 1994	Hail	0.00 in	$50	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1971	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 1971	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 May 1967	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. 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: Paducah, KY (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 Ballard County, Kentucky". https://countyhazards.com/county/ky/ballard/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 Ballard County?: May has 20 of the 58 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Kentucky?: NCEI has 6,621 hail events on record for Kentucky from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Ballard County compare with the other counties of Kentucky?: The counties of Kentucky have 16.7 hail events for each 100 square miles. Ballard County has 23.5.
How large is the hail on record for Ballard County?: 12 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.