Hail events in Garden 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 314 hail events on record for Garden County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 21 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 74 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

Jun 21 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles N of LEWELLEN

Jul 7 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

13 miles SW of OSHKOSH

May 23 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

10 miles S of OSHKOSH

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

7 miles WNW of OSHKOSH

Aug 8 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

9 miles NNW of OSHKOSH

Jul 16 2023

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

26 miles NNE of OSHKOSH

Jun 27 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SW of OSHKOSH

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

7 miles SSE of LISCO

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At LISCO

Hail4.00 in, softball size

1 mile NW of LISCO

Jun 23 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

13 miles SW of OSHKOSH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ESE of LEWELLEN

Jun 20 2022

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

37 miles NNE of LISCO

Aug 19 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

20 miles NNE of OSHKOSH

Aug 14 2021

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles W of OSHKOSH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

10 miles SSW of OSHKOSH

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WSW of OSHKOSH

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of OSHKOSH

Jun 14 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NNW of OSHKOSH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles NE of LISCO

May 23 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

39 miles NNE of OSHKOSH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

26 miles NNE of OSHKOSH

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

7 miles NNW of OSHKOSH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of OSHKOSH

Jul 24 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles SSW of OSHKOSH

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 Garden 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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4
1980s	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
1990s	0	0	1	1	5	4	16	12	19	8	66
2000s	9	10	6	9	17	15	1	18	4	14	103
2010s	11	7	5	11	15	7	7	4	26	7	100
2020s	7	11	1	8	2	1	1 (part of the year)				31

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
Mar7 events
Apr12 events
May66 events
Jun80 events
Jul69 events
Aug66 events
Sep9 events
Oct5 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Garden County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	79
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	140
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	81
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	12
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Garden County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Garden	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	314	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	18.4	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	1,700.1	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 Garden County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
19 Jul 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jun 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jun 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Aug 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Aug 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 Aug 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
6 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Aug 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 May 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Aug 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Jul 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
19 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Oct 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.25 in	$25 thousand	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2012	Hail	2.50 in	$8 thousand	County
7 Jun 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2009	Hail	2.50 in	$100 thousand	County
10 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
4 Aug 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
14 Aug 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$22 thousand	County
14 Aug 2007	Hail	1.50 in	$17 thousand	County
14 Aug 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$6 thousand	County
10 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
18 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
11 Jun 2007	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
21 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
28 Mar 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$6 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
10 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
3 Jul 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
12 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$13 thousand	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$6 thousand	County
20 Aug 2001	Hail	1.50 in	$20 thousand	County
15 Jul 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
15 Jul 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
4 Jul 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$9 thousand	County
2 Jul 2001	Hail	1.50 in	$25 thousand	County
27 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
17 Aug 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$12 thousand	County
19 Jul 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$24 thousand	County
27 Jun 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$1.2 million	County
24 Jun 1999	Hail	2.00 in	$33 thousand	County
11 Aug 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	2.00 in	$150 thousand	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
16 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
19 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
19 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Sep 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
26 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
25 Jul 1996	Hail	2.00 in	$200 thousand	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$2.0 million	County
5 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1995	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 1995	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
6 Sep 1994	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1994	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Jun 1994	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Jun 1994	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Sep 1989	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
15 Jul 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1982	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Aug 1981	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Oct 1980	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
10 Aug 1980	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
31 May 1980	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 1979	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
18 May 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1974	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 1962	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County

The site keeps 195 of the 314 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: North Platte, 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 Garden County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/garden/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 Garden County?: June has 80 of the 314 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 Garden County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Garden County has 18.4.
How large is the hail on record for Garden County?: 95 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.