Hail events in Colfax County, Nebraska 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 129 hail events on record for Colfax County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 17 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 25 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

May 17 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of CLARKSON

Apr 15 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ROGERS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of SCHUYLER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of SCHUYLER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At SCHUYLER MUNI ARPT

Mar 6 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of SCHUYLER

May 19 2025

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At SCHUYLER

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NW of SCHUYLER

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ESE of RICHLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of RICHLAND

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of RICHLAND

Jun 25 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LEIGH

Jul 24 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of ROGERS

Jul 17 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of LEIGH

Jun 4 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

7 miles N of SCHUYLER

May 2 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles S of LEIGH

Oct 11 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of LEIGH

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of LEIGH

Aug 16 2020

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles E of RICHLAND

Sep 14 2019

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of SCHUYLER

Jun 6 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NW of RICHLAND

May 2 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles SE of LEIGH

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles SSE of LEIGH

May 1 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SW of HOWELLS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles S of CLARKSON

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 Colfax 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	0	2
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3
1980s	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	9
1990s	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	2	2	15
2000s	0	10	4	6	7	6	5	1	7	5	51
2010s	0	3	2	2	5	4	1	5	5	1	28
2020s	3	1	1	2	1	5	6 (part of the year)				19

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
Mar4 events
Apr13 events
May41 events
Jun30 events
Jul23 events
Aug6 events
Sep10 events
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Colfax County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	41
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	51
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	32
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
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: Colfax County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Colfax	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	129	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	31.3	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	122.9	127.3	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 Colfax County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
24 Sep 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Sep 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Sep 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$3.0 million	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Sep 2005	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Sep 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 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
4 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2001	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1999	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$150 thousand	County
7 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Mar 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1994	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Sep 1989	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 May 1988	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Aug 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 1984	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1984	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 1980	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Jun 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 1977	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Jul 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1976	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 Jun 1969	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 1967	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1958	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1958	Hail	1.75 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: Omaha/Valley, NE (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 Colfax County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/colfax/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 Colfax County?: May has 41 of the 129 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Nebraska?: NCEI has 25,051 hail events on record for Nebraska from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Colfax County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Colfax County has 31.3.
How large is the hail on record for Colfax County?: 37 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.