Hail events in Dixon 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 177 hail events on record for Dixon County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 18 May 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

May 18 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WNW of PONCA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of HURLEYS ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SW of ALLEN

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of CONCORD

Jul 10 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles NE of DIXON

Jun 2 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles W of WATERBURY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NNW of WATERBURY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NW of HURLEYS ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles W of PONCA

Apr 18 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles WNW of PONCA

Apr 17 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles WSW of MARTINSBURG

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles NW of WAKEFIELD

Jul 1 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles W of WAKEFIELD

May 20 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of NEWCASTLE. Damage estimate: $40 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At NEWCASTLE

Jul 30 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of WAKEFIELD

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NNE of WAKEFIELD

Jul 24 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles SSE of CONCORD

Apr 19 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of PONCA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PONCA

Jul 8 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles WSW of MARTINSBURG

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles NNE of DIXON

Oct 11 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SW of ALLEN

Aug 31 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SW of PONCA

Jul 6 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles S of MASKELL. Damage estimate: $6 thousand

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 Dixon 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
1970s	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	6
1980s	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
1990s	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	3	8	3	21
2000s	7	15	12	7	14	4	2	4	6	6	77
2010s	0	16	1	3	6	3	0	6	2	2	39
2020s	3	2	0	5	3	8	4 (part of the year)				25

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
Mar2 events
Apr29 events
May40 events
Jun39 events
Jul30 events
Aug27 events
Sep7 events
Oct3 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Dixon County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	73
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	56
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	44
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Dixon County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Dixon	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	177	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	37.2	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	319.2	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 Dixon County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
30 Sep 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Aug 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 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
10 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Sep 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Aug 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.75 in	$100 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	4.25 in	$100 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.50 in	$50 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.75 in	$10 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Sep 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2009	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
6 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Aug 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2002	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Jul 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2002	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	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$200 thousand	County
5 Jun 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Sep 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
16 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$2.1 million	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
16 May 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1983	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 Sep 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 1978	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
20 Aug 1977	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1976	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1971	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 1967	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1961	Hail	2.00 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: Sioux Falls, SD (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 Dixon County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/dixon/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 Dixon County?: May has 40 of the 177 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 Dixon County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Dixon County has 37.2.
How large is the hail on record for Dixon County?: 48 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.