Hail events in Shannon 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 153 hail events on record for Shannon County, Missouri, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 15 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 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 15 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of AKERS

May 16 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles ESE of BARTLETT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ENE of MUNSETT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

6 miles ESE of MUNSETT

Mar 30 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SE of WINONA

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At TIMBER

May 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ROUND SPG. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NNE of WINONA

Mar 23 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of TIMBER

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At TIMBER

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NNE of ROUND SPG

Apr 20 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of BIRCH TREE

Mar 27 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SSE of RECTOR

Mar 2 2020

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

3 miles S of JACKS FORK. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of BARTLETT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SSW of ROUND SPG. Damage estimate: $500

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles N of BANKER CAVE

Oct 15 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of MONTIER

May 7 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles W of ANGELINE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NNE of ROUND SPG

Aug 16 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of ALLEY SPG

Jul 20 2018

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WSW of LOW WASSIE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SSW of WINONA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of WINONA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BIRCH TREE

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 Shannon 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
1980s	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	2	13
1990s	1	2	4	0	4	3	7	1	2	2	26
2000s	5	5	3	13	2	3	20	5	2	3	61
2010s	0	5	1	0	3	4	0	5	12	3	33
2020s	6	0	0	3	2	5	1 (part of the year)				17

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
Feb6 events
Mar29 events
Apr32 events
May48 events
Jun15 events
Jul11 events
Aug2 events
Sep2 events
Oct4 events
Nov3 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Shannon County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	67
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	53
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
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: Shannon County beside the total of the counties of Missouri and of the United States
Measure	Shannon	All counties of Missouri	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	153	20,403	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	15.2	29.7	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	215.3	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 Shannon County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
8 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Mar 2017	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
28 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 Mar 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Nov 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Mar 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Mar 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Feb 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Feb 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Feb 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Feb 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Dec 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Nov 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Nov 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Oct 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Oct 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Sep 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$500	County
4 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Mar 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1992	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Apr 1989	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 May 1987	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 1986	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
29 Mar 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
1 Sep 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 1978	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Mar 1976	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
9 Apr 1969	Hail	1.50 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: 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 Shannon County, Missouri". https://countyhazards.com/county/mo/shannon/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 Shannon County?: May has 48 of the 153 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 Shannon County compare with the other counties of Missouri?: The counties of Missouri have 29.7 hail events for each 100 square miles. Shannon County has 15.2.
How large is the hail on record for Shannon County?: 33 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.