County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Hail events in Greeley 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.

NCEI has 134 hail events on record for Greeley County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 7 Aug 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 12 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

6 miles WNW of GREELEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NNE of WOLBACH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At GREELEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles WNW of GREELEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of GREELEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

17 miles NW of GREELEY. Damage estimate: $1.1 million

Hail0.75 in, penny size

7 miles E of GREELEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of SCOTIA. Damage estimate: $325 thousand

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles N of SCOTIA. Damage estimate: $3.1 million

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NE of SPALDING

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of SCOTIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At WOLBACH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSE of SCOTIA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

8 miles W of WOLBACH. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles E of GREELEY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles SE of SPALDING

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles S of SPALDING

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At GREELEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSE of GREELEY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SW of SCOTIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

12 miles WNW of GREELEY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SSE of SPALDING

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At GREELEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NE of SPALDING. Damage estimate: $275 thousand

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles WSW of GREELEY. Damage estimate: $15 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 Greeley County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade0123456789All
1950s00000000000
1960s00000000101
1970s00002000114
1980s20103011008
1990s0050430410430
2000s213234336633
2010s41013793031151
2020s00043007

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

  1. Jan0
  2. Feb0
  3. Mar0
  4. Apr10
  5. May25
  6. Jun39
  7. Jul21
  8. Aug19
  9. Sep14
  10. Oct6
  11. Nov0
  12. Dec0

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Greeley County by hail size
Hail sizeSize in wordsEvents
under 1 inpea to quarter44
1 to 1.74 inquarter to golf ball53
1.75 to 2.74 ingolf ball to baseball33
2.75 to 3.99 inbaseball to softball4
4 in and largersoftball and larger0

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 .

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Greeley County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
MeasureGreeleyAll counties of NebraskaAll counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 202613424,992423,723
Events for each 100 square miles23.532.512.0
Events for each 10,000 residents617.8127.312.8

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 Greeley County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
DateEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$25 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$25 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$25 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$25 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$275 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$265 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$265 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$275 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$2.5 million00County
Hail2.00 in$4.0 million00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$125 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$105 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail2.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$50 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$50 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$50 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$55 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$105 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$102 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$102 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$260 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$255 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$55 thousand00County
Hail1.25 in$120 thousand00County
Hail1.50 in$1.0 million00County
Hail1.00 in$30 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$125 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$1.1 million00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$105 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$15 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$10 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$10 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 in$100 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$3.0 million00County
Hail1.75 in$3.0 million00County
Hail1.00 in$2.0 million00County
Hail2.75 in$1.1 million00County
Hail2.75 in$1.1 million00County
Hail1.00 in$95 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$95 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$85 thousand00County
Hail1.25 in$2.1 million00County
Hail0.75 in$100 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$430 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$230 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$6.7 million00County
Hail1.25 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail3.00 innone00County
Hail2.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

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Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Greeley County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/greeley/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 Greeley County?
June has 39 of the 134 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 Greeley County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?
The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Greeley County has 23.5.
How large is the hail on record for Greeley County?
37 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.