Hail events in McDonald 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 207 hail events on record for McDonald County, Missouri, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 28 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 60 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 28 2026

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNW of PINEVILLE. Damage estimate: $23 million

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of JANE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles E of JANE

Apr 27 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of MOUNTAIN

Apr 25 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of TIFF CITY

Mar 22 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WNW of GINGER BLUE

Jul 4 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of ROCKY COMFORT

Jun 4 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of PINEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At NOEL

May 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of CAVERNA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PINEVILLE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles W of ANDERSON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SW of COY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles WNW of GINGER BLUE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSE of ROCKY COMFORT

May 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BETHPAGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of SARATOGA

Mar 14 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of ANDERSON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of ANDERSON

Sep 8 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of MAY

Apr 15 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ENE of JACKET

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of MC NATT

Jul 27 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of POWELL

Apr 20 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile ESE of BETHLEHEM

Sep 20 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles SE of ERIE

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 McDonald 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	2	2
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
1980s	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	5
1990s	0	3	1	1	12	2	5	4	6	4	38
2000s	2	8	2	9	4	5	13	2	16	2	63
2010s	5	9	3	2	3	9	2	8	3	4	48
2020s	11	13	2	3	13	1	5 (part of the year)				48

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

Jan7 events
Feb3 events
Mar46 events
Apr48 events
May50 events
Jun18 events
Jul10 events
Aug7 events
Sep9 events
Oct5 events
Nov2 events
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for McDonald County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	77
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	98
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	31
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: McDonald County beside the total of the counties of Missouri and of the United States
Measure	McDonald	All counties of Missouri	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	207	20,403	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	38.4	29.7	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	88.5	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 McDonald County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
9 May 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	2.00 in	$55 thousand	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 May 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2020	Hail	2.50 in	$45 thousand	County
11 Mar 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Mar 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
30 Apr 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Feb 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
29 Apr 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Mar 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2013	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Sep 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	2.75 in	$100 thousand	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Sep 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Aug 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Apr 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Dec 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Nov 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Nov 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jan 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$500 thousand	County
7 Jan 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jan 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
18 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Aug 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Dec 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jan 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jan 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Oct 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
20 Oct 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
26 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
26 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
10 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$500	County
10 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
1 Oct 1993	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	County
31 Oct 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Feb 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Mar 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Sep 1972	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 1959	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 191 of the 207 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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: Springfield, 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 McDonald County, Missouri". https://countyhazards.com/county/mo/mcdonald/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 McDonald County?: May has 50 of the 207 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 McDonald County compare with the other counties of Missouri?: The counties of Missouri have 29.7 hail events for each 100 square miles. McDonald County has 38.4.
How large is the hail on record for McDonald County?: 32 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.