Hail events in Laurel 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 129 hail events on record for Laurel County, Kentucky, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 8 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 27 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 8 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MAPLESVILLE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile N of HIGHTOP

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of BUSH

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SE of KEAVY

Apr 30 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of EAST BERNSTADT

Apr 10 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of HOPEWELL

Sep 24 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of NORTH CORBIN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LIDA

May 19 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of FARISTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of FARISTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of PINE GROVE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At KEAVY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of LESBAS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of HIGHTOP

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of HIGHTOP

Apr 8 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BERT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of FARISTON

Mar 27 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles S of NORTH CORBIN

Mar 3 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles ESE of LONDON

Jul 5 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LONDON

May 27 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of BALDROCK

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At KEAVY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BALDROCK

Mar 27 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles N of LONDON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of BERNSTADT

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 Laurel 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	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
1980s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990s	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	4	3	16
2000s	1	2	13	15	11	5	10	3	1	3	64
2010s	2	12	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	24
2020s	1	3	7	0	2	6	0 (part of the year)				19

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

Jan1 event
Feb0 events
Mar19 events
Apr30 events
May39 events
Jun16 events
Jul12 events
Aug6 events
Sep2 events
Oct1 event
Nov1 event
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Laurel County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	62
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	46
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	19
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Laurel County beside the total of the counties of Kentucky and of the United States
Measure	Laurel	All counties of Kentucky	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	129	6,614	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	29.7	16.7	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	20.6	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 Laurel County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
10 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
5 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Nov 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Dec 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Oct 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 2004	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 May 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 May 2002	Hail	4.50 in	$32 million	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 1995	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 1993	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Jul 1990	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Dec 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 1974	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1972	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1970	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 May 1967	Hail	1.00 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: Jackson, 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 Laurel County, Kentucky". https://countyhazards.com/county/ky/laurel/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 Laurel County?: May has 39 of the 129 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 Laurel County compare with the other counties of Kentucky?: The counties of Kentucky have 16.7 hail events for each 100 square miles. Laurel County has 29.7.
How large is the hail on record for Laurel County?: 21 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.