Hail events in Baltimore County, Maryland 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 146 hail events on record for Baltimore County, Maryland, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 29 Jun 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 42 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 29 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of DUNDALK

May 16 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At EMORY GROVE

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile NE of FOWBLESBURG

May 3 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of TIMONIUM

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of OWINGS MILLS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of GREEN SPG JCT

Jul 29 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WSW of WHITE MARSH

Sep 8 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of ASHLAND

Sep 7 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of STONELEIGH

Jun 27 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of BALTIMORE MARTIN ST

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of CARNEY

Jun 26 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of BENTLEY SPGS

Apr 15 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of GLYNDON

Apr 1 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of JACKSONVILLE

Jul 17 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ESSEX

Jun 14 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ESSEX

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At EDGEMERE

Aug 23 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of LUTZ HILL

Jul 6 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BALTIMORE MARTIN ST

Jul 5 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSW of BOWLEYS QUARTERS

Apr 13 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ESSEX

Aug 6 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of SPARROWS PT

Aug 1 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile WNW of POPLAR

Jun 29 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of BOWLEYS QUARTERS

May 29 2019

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of BALTIMORE MARTIN ST

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 Baltimore 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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
1970s	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990s	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	10
2000s	3	0	2	1	5	3	11	3	16	9	53
2010s	5	12	6	0	3	9	2	9	6	4	56
2020s	4	3	0	7	1	6	0 (part of the year)				21

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
Feb5 events
Mar1 event
Apr16 events
May25 events
Jun38 events
Jul22 events
Aug36 events
Sep2 events
Oct0 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Baltimore County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	43
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	80
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	19
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Baltimore County beside the total of the counties of Maryland and of the United States
Measure	Baltimore	All counties of Maryland	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	146	1,571	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	24.4	16.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	1.7	2.5	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 Baltimore County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
13 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
15 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Feb 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
16 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2015	Hail	4.00 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
29 Mar 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
4 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
16 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
9 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
1 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
7 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 Aug 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
13 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	4.00 in	none	0	County
30 Jul 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	1	County
2 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	0	County
1 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Nov 1994	Hail	0.88 in	$500	0	County
17 Jul 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
24 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Aug 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 Apr 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 1970	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
13 Feb 1966	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
1 Aug 1963	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	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: Baltimore/Washington (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 Baltimore County, Maryland". https://countyhazards.com/county/md/baltimore/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 Baltimore County?: June has 38 of the 146 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Maryland?: NCEI has 1,580 hail events on record for Maryland from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Baltimore County compare with the other counties of Maryland?: The counties of Maryland have 16.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Baltimore County has 24.4.
How large is the hail on record for Baltimore County?: 23 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.