Hail events in Lafayette County, Missouri 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 157 hail events on record for Lafayette County, Missouri, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 12 Mar 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 33 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

Mar 12 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At WELLINGTON

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles SW of NAPOLEON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile ENE of BATES CITY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles ESE of ODESSA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles S of ODESSA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of ODESSA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles ENE of BATES CITY

Sep 23 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of CONCORDIA

Jun 30 2023

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile ESE of LEXINGTON

Hail4.25 in, softball size

1 mile ESE of LEXINGTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of LEXINGTON

Aug 15 2020

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile ESE of WAVERLY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of WAVERLY

Aug 15 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ODESSA

Aug 16 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HIGGINSVILLE JCT ARP

May 14 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles ENE of ODESSA

Dec 4 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of CONCORDIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of ALMA

Aug 18 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of MAYVIEW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of HIGGINSVILLE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SE of DOVER

May 19 2017

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles SSW of ALMA

May 18 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of LEXINGTON

Mar 6 2017

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of WAVERLY

Feb 28 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of HIGGINSVILLE JCT ARP

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 Lafayette 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	2	1	3
1960s	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
1970s	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1980s	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	11
1990s	1	0	2	1	0	7	1	1	7	1	21
2000s	5	7	8	12	3	6	8	2	4	4	59
2010s	3	9	0	0	3	10	7	10	2	1	45
2020s	2	0	0	4	7	0	0 (part of the year)				13

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
Feb4 events
Mar18 events
Apr36 events
May50 events
Jun17 events
Jul6 events
Aug9 events
Sep7 events
Oct5 events
Nov1 event
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Lafayette 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	64
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	27
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: Lafayette County beside the total of the counties of Missouri and of the United States
Measure	Lafayette	All counties of Missouri	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	157	20,403	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	25.0	29.7	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	47.8	33.1	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 Lafayette County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
28 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2015	Hail	1.13 in	none	County
7 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Sep 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2009	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	2.50 in	$25 thousand	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$300 thousand	County
8 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Sep 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Dec 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Dec 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Oct 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Oct 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Oct 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Sep 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Sep 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1989	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Aug 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1985	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
6 Oct 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Nov 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Oct 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1961	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
5 May 1960	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1959	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1958	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1958	Hail	3.00 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: Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO (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 Lafayette County, Missouri". https://countyhazards.com/county/mo/lafayette/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 Lafayette County?: May has 50 of the 157 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Missouri?: NCEI has 20,443 hail events on record for Missouri from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Lafayette County compare with the other counties of Missouri?: The counties of Missouri have 29.7 hail events for each 100 square miles. Lafayette County has 25.0.
How large is the hail on record for Lafayette County?: 31 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.