Hail events in Gosper 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 158 hail events on record for Gosper County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 6 Jul 2024.

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

Jul 6 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of JOHNSON RES

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile ESE of JOHNSON RES

May 3 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles SSW of SMITHFIELD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At SMITHFIELD. Damage estimate: $1.1 million

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles NW of ELWOOD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of ELWOOD

Mar 24 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

6 miles SSW of SMITHFIELD

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles SSW of SMITHFIELD

Oct 3 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SW of ELWOOD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

15 miles S of ELWOOD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles SSW of ELWOOD

May 28 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles SE of JOHNSON RES

May 6 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

7 miles S of ELWOOD

May 5 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

8 miles SSE of SMITHFIELD. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

11 miles SSW of SMITHFIELD. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

15 miles S of ELWOOD. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

15 miles SSW of ELWOOD. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Jun 14 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

9 miles SSW of ELWOOD. Damage estimate: $40 thousand

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

9 miles SSW of ELWOOD

Jul 6 2021

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles ESE of SMITHFIELD

Mar 26 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of JOHNSON RES

Jun 21 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NW of JOHNSON RES

Jun 6 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

6 miles SSW of SMITHFIELD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

16 miles S of ELWOOD. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Jul 4 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

10 miles S of ELWOOD. Damage estimate: $5 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 Gosper 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	1	0	3	1	5
1960s	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	9
1970s	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
1980s	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
1990s	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	13	2	23
2000s	2	5	5	4	3	9	2	8	6	3	47
2010s	5	6	8	5	3	7	2	3	1	1	41
2020s	3	2	2	9	8	0	0 (part of the year)				24

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
Apr5 events
May49 events
Jun52 events
Jul18 events
Aug18 events
Sep8 events
Oct5 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Gosper County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	57
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	65
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	28
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	6
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: Gosper County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Gosper	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	158	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	34.5	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	866.2	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 Gosper County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
30 Jun 2018	Hail	2.75 in	$4.3 million	County
1 Oct 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Aug 2017	Hail	1.50 in	$175 thousand	County
2 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Sep 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	$2.1 million	County
1 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	2.50 in	$250 thousand	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$165 thousand	County
8 Apr 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$2.1 million	County
13 Jun 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$2.1 million	County
13 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
20 Jun 2011	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
20 Jun 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$300 thousand	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Oct 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$52 thousand	County
4 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$52 thousand	County
29 May 2008	Hail	2.00 in	$755 thousand	County
29 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$305 thousand	County
29 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$105 thousand	County
29 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$105 thousand	County
6 Sep 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$2.2 million	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$1.0 million	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
12 Jul 2007	Hail	2.75 in	$475 thousand	County
5 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2006	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$400 thousand	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	1.25 in	$275 thousand	County
28 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$2.0 million	County
16 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$260 thousand	County
17 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2.0 million	County
16 May 2004	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
16 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$315 thousand	County
6 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$505 thousand	County
12 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$2.1 million	County
17 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Sep 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	County
2 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
17 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$210 thousand	County
9 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$80 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$120 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$75 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$140 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$305 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$250 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$100 thousand	County
5 Jul 1997	Hail	1.50 in	$75 thousand	County
19 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$95 thousand	County
10 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
28 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$15 thousand	County
29 Sep 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 May 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 1981	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Apr 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Apr 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 1972	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1971	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Jun 1968	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1968	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 1967	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 1967	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 1965	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 1960	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 Jun 1960	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 1958	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 1958	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 1958	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1956	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: 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 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Gosper County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/gosper/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 Gosper County?: June has 52 of the 158 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 Gosper County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Gosper County has 34.5.
How large is the hail on record for Gosper County?: 36 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.