Hail events in Washington 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 113 hail events on record for Washington County, Maryland, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 1 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 30 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 1 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of POTOMAC VLY JCT

May 27 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSE of POTOMAC VLY JCT

Sep 7 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of DOWNSVILLE

Aug 7 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles ESE of CAVETOWN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile N of CAVETOWN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NE of BEAVER CREEK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of PARAMT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles ESE of FIERY SIDING

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of HAGERSTOWN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At WILLIAMSPORT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of (HGR)HAGERSTOWN RGNL

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNE of CHARLTON

Hail4.00 in, softball size

1 mile N of CLEAR SPG

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNW of CLEAR SPG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNW of CLEAR SPG

Jun 8 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of PEARRE

Jun 2 2019

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NNE of INDIAN SPGS

May 19 2019

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of MAUGANSVILLE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of BROADFORDING

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of SPICKLER

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NW of SPICKLER

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NNE of CLEAR SPG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of CLEAR SPG

May 18 2019

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of CLEAR SPG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of CHARLTON

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 Washington 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	1	1	3
1960s	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
1970s	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
1980s	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
1990s	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	14
2000s	5	0	3	1	3	0	2	1	8	14	37
2010s	0	9	2	2	5	1	3	0	1	11	34
2020s	0	0	1	13	1	0	1 (part of the year)				16

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
Feb0 events
Mar2 events
Apr7 events
May37 events
Jun33 events
Jul8 events
Aug23 events
Sep3 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Washington County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	40
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	51
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	20
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: Washington County beside the total of the counties of Maryland and of the United States
Measure	Washington	All counties of Maryland	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	113	1,571	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	24.7	16.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	7.3	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 Washington County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
18 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Jun 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Jun 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
16 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
29 Mar 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
29 Jun 1994	Hail	0.50 in	none	County
29 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Sep 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 1990	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Sep 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1963	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1962	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 May 1959	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 May 1958	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1956	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: 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 Washington County, Maryland". https://countyhazards.com/county/md/washington/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 Washington County?: May has 37 of the 113 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 Washington County compare with the other counties of Maryland?: The counties of Maryland have 16.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Washington County has 24.7.
How large is the hail on record for Washington County?: 22 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.