Hail events in Pontotoc County, Mississippi The hail events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 117 hail events on record for Pontotoc County, Mississippi, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

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

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 31 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

2 miles NW of FURRS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ENDVILLE

Jun 9 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of NIXON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At RANDOLPH

May 8 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile E of FURRS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of PLYMOUTH

Mar 23 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile ESE of TROY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles ESE of TROY

Jun 9 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of NIXON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of PONTOTOC

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

4 miles WSW of PLYMOUTH

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of PONTOTOC

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of POSSUM TROT

May 24 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles N of TROY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNW of TROY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles N of TROY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles NW of TROY

Dec 9 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles ESE of RANDOLPH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ECRU

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of TOCCOPOLA

May 9 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles SSE of ALGOMA

Apr 9 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At SHERMAN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles E of ECRU

Mar 17 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of SHERMAN

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ENDVILLE

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 Pontotoc 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	1	0	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
1980s	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	7
1990s	0	0	2	0	4	4	1	4	5	5	25
2000s	1	2	8	4	3	3	3	2	2	6	34
2010s	1	5	3	0	5	1	2	2	1	1	21
2020s	0	7	0	3	9	6	2 (part of the year)				27

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

Jan5 events
Feb8 events
Mar18 events
Apr31 events
May18 events
Jun17 events
Jul1 event
Aug6 events
Sep1 event
Oct2 events
Nov4 events
Dec6 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Pontotoc 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	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	25
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
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: Pontotoc County beside the total of the counties of Mississippi and of the United States
Measure	Pontotoc	All counties of Mississippi	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	117	8,448	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	23.5	18.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	37.2	28.6	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 Pontotoc County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Mar 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Nov 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jun 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Feb 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Feb 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Dec 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Oct 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jan 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Dec 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
2 Aug 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
17 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
10 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$500 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
31 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$300	County
4 Dec 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
21 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
5 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
23 Nov 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
12 Sep 2004	Hail	1.50 in	$500	County
5 Mar 2004	Hail	1.50 in	$500	County
2 Aug 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
13 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
5 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
2 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	$60	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	$200 thousand	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$120	County
3 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$100	County
21 Feb 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
13 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
24 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
2 Mar 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
2 Mar 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
17 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
28 May 1998	Hail	2.50 in	$2 thousand	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.25 in	$250	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$850	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$850	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
1 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
24 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
27 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
18 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
30 Apr 1995	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
30 Apr 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
16 Feb 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$50	County
18 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	0.80 in	none	County
18 Mar 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Nov 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Feb 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Feb 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1958	Hail	0.75 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: Memphis, TN (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 Pontotoc County, Mississippi". https://countyhazards.com/county/ms/pontotoc/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 Pontotoc County?: April has 31 of the 117 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Mississippi?: NCEI has 8,457 hail events on record for Mississippi from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Pontotoc County compare with the other counties of Mississippi?: The counties of Mississippi have 18.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Pontotoc County has 23.5.
How large is the hail on record for Pontotoc County?: 27 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.