Hail events in Kent County, Michigan 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 142 hail events on record for Kent County, Michigan, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
The newest hail event on record is on 16 Jun 2026.
From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 11 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 .
Date of the data: NCEI storm events through . Event types on this page: Hail.
Newest hail events on record
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
4 miles NW of OAKFIELD CENTER
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
3 miles SW of EDGERTON
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile NW of EAST GRAND RAPIDS
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile NW of EAST GRAND RAPIDS
Hail0.75 in, penny size
1 mile NE of GRAND RAPIDS
Hail0.75 in, penny size
2 miles E of BOWEN
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
3 miles NNE of ROCKFORD. Damage estimate: $200 thousand
Hail0.75 in, penny size
1 mile N of MC CORDS
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile NE of WALKER
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles WNW of SAND LAKE
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
1 mile NW of SAND LAKE
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile NW of HOLY CORNERS
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles E of FULLER. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile N of LEONARD HGTS. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
At KENT CITY. Damage estimate: $35 thousand
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles WSW of WESTGATE
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
2 miles SW of GRANDVILLE ARPT. Damage estimate: $50 thousand
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
1 mile SE of SPARTA
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
4 miles NE of KENT CITY
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles NNE of CASCADE
Hail1.25 in, half dollar size
2 miles ESE of EAST PARIS
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles WSW of CASCADE
Hail0.75 in, penny size
1 mile NE of GRAND RAPIDS
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile SW of BEVERLY
Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size
At HERPS. Damage estimate: $2.0 million
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
| 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
| 2000s | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 48 |
| 2010s | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020s | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 (part of the year) | 14 |
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
- Mar6 events
- Apr19 events
- May26 events
- Jun33 events
- Jul25 events
- Aug17 events
- Sep10 events
- Oct4 events
- Nov2 events
- Dec0 events
Magnitudes on record
| Hail size | Size in words | Events |
|---|---|---|
| under 1 in | pea to quarter | 65 |
| 1 to 1.74 in | quarter to golf ball | 56 |
| 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.
An event without a size in the record is not in this table.
Beside the other counties
| Measure | Kent | All counties of Michigan | All counties of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail events, 1955 to 2026 | 142 | 6,023 | 423,723 |
| Events for each 100 square miles | 16.7 | 10.6 | 12.0 |
| Events for each 10,000 residents | 2.2 | 6.0 | 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
| Date | Event type | Magnitude | Damage estimate | Deaths | Injuries | On record for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 1.75 in | $12 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $30 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $25 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $55 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $30 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $35 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $20 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $150 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $60 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $35 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $125 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $35 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $35 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $2 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $10 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $30 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $40 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $75 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $100 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 4.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 3.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 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: Grand Rapids, MI (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 .
Cite this page
County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Kent County, Michigan". https://countyhazards.com/county/mi/kent/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on .
Questions
- Which month has the most hail events on record for Kent County?
- June has 33 of the 142 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
- How many hail events are on record for Michigan?
- NCEI has 6,036 hail events on record for Michigan from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
- How does Kent County compare with the other counties of Michigan?
- The counties of Michigan have 10.6 hail events for each 100 square miles. Kent County has 16.7.
- How large is the hail on record for Kent County?
- 21 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.