Hail events in Dawson 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 367 hail events on record for Dawson County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
The newest hail event on record is on 18 May 2025.
From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 85 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 .
Date of the data: NCEI storm events through . Event types on this page: Hail.
Newest hail events on record
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles SE of DARR
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
5 miles W of OVERTON
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
8 miles SE of SUMNER
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
2 miles WNW of SUMNER
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
5 miles ESE of LEXINGTON. Damage estimate: $2.1 million
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
8 miles SW of LEXINGTON ARPT
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
1 mile ENE of LEXINGTON
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
3 miles S of LEXINGTON. Damage estimate: $4.3 million
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
8 miles SW of LEXINGTON ARPT. Damage estimate: $3.0 million
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
5 miles SE of BUFFALO. Damage estimate: $1.1 million
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
3 miles ENE of DARR. Damage estimate: $1.1 million
Hail2.00 in, hen egg size
2 miles NE of WILLOW IS. Damage estimate: $4.3 million
Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size
6 miles NNW of GOTHENBURG. Damage estimate: $5.0 million
Hail2.75 in, baseball size
1 mile NW of GOTHENBURG. Damage estimate: $100 million
Hail4.00 in, softball size
1 mile SW of COZAD. Damage estimate: $26 million
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
3 miles NE of OVERTON
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
1 mile NW of OVERTON
Hail1.75 in, golf ball size
6 miles ESE of COZAD. Damage estimate: $1.1 million
Hail4.00 in, softball size
5 miles WSW of LEXINGTON ARPT. Damage estimate: $1.3 million
Hail2.75 in, baseball size
4 miles S of DARR. Damage estimate: $850 thousand
Hail0.75 in, penny size
1 mile NW of GOTHENBURG
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
6 miles SW of LEXINGTON ARPT
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
1 mile SW of COZAD
Hail0.88 in, nickel size
1 mile NNW of OVERTON
Hail1.00 in, quarter size
4 miles WNW of OVERTON
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
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1970s | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 2000s | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 120 |
| 2010s | 17 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 140 |
| 2020s | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 (part of the year) | 42 |
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
- Mar3 events
- Apr29 events
- May101 events
- Jun78 events
- Jul81 events
- Aug43 events
- Sep17 events
- Oct14 events
- Nov1 event
- Dec0 events
Magnitudes on record
| Hail size | Size in words | Events |
|---|---|---|
| under 1 in | pea to quarter | 110 |
| 1 to 1.74 in | quarter to golf ball | 158 |
| 1.75 to 2.74 in | golf ball to baseball | 82 |
| 2.75 to 3.99 in | baseball to softball | 14 |
| 4 in and larger | softball and larger | 3 |
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.
An event without a size in the record is not in this table.
Beside the other counties
| Measure | Dawson | All counties of Nebraska | All counties of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail events, 1955 to 2026 | 367 | 24,992 | 423,723 |
| Events for each 100 square miles | 36.2 | 32.5 | 12.0 |
| Events for each 10,000 residents | 153.6 | 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
| Date | Event type | Magnitude | Damage estimate | Deaths | Injuries | On record for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $25 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $25 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $175 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $3.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $127 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 3.00 in | $600 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $550 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $3.3 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $11 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $4.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $2.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $50 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $3.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $525 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $250 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $400 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.00 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | none | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $5.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $5.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $275 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $265 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $525 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $500 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $275 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $300 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $265 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $265 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $225 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $170 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $550 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $255 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $260 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $310 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $520 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $275 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.50 in | $270 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $11 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $2.3 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $2.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.50 in | $300 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $1.0 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $260 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $2.5 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $525 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $525 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.88 in | $310 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $300 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $250 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $505 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $260 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $15 thousand | 0 | 3 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $300 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $300 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $4.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.00 in | $3.1 million | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 0.75 in | $200 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $255 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.25 in | $205 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 2.75 in | $330 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $220 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 1.75 in | $190 thousand | 0 | 0 | County | |
| Hail | 4.50 in | $650 thousand | 0 | 0 | County |
The site keeps 172 of the 367 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: Hastings, 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 .
Cite this page
County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Dawson County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/dawson/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on .
Questions
- Which month has the most hail events on record for Dawson County?
- May has 101 of the 367 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 Dawson County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?
- The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Dawson County has 36.2.
- How large is the hail on record for Dawson County?
- 99 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.