Hail events in Kearney 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 178 hail events on record for Kearney 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 44 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 E of HEARTWELL

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NNW of AXTELL. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile WSW of HEARTWELL

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At MINDEN

Jun 7 2024

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile NNW of NORMAN. Damage estimate: $2.2 million

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles NE of MINDEN. Damage estimate: $2.8 million

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles SE of NEWARK

May 3 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MINDEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of AXTELL

Sep 21 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

6 miles S of AXTELL

Jul 22 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of HEARTWELL

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles SSW of LOWELL

May 6 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of NORMAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of MINDEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of AXTELL

May 5 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles W of NEWARK

Aug 18 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of MINDEN

Jun 14 2022

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles NNE of HEARTWELL. Damage estimate: $1.1 million

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of HEARTWELL

Jun 7 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of WILCOX

Jun 6 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of AXTELL

May 15 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

5 miles E of WILCOX

Apr 29 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MINDEN

Hail4.00 in, softball size

5 miles ESE of AXTELL

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile W of AXTELL

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 Kearney 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	1	0	0	2
1960s	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	9
1970s	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	7
1980s	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	7
1990s	3	1	5	0	5	2	1	6	8	4	35
2000s	4	1	8	5	3	4	8	8	7	5	53
2010s	5	1	4	4	3	4	0	4	6	5	36
2020s	3	1	9	7	9	0	0 (part of the year)				29

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
Apr16 events
May50 events
Jun47 events
Jul32 events
Aug10 events
Sep14 events
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Kearney County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	47
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	81
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	41
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	6
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.

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: Kearney County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Kearney	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	178	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	34.5	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	266.7	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 Kearney County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
2 May 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Jul 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Mar 2020	Hail	1.00 in	$125 thousand	County
27 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Aug 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	$400 thousand	County
30 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	$400 thousand	County
30 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	$400 thousand	County
19 Jun 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 Sep 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jul 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2017	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 Sep 2015	Hail	1.25 in	$25 thousand	County
24 Jul 2015	Hail	1.50 in	$115 thousand	County
11 Jul 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Oct 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jul 2014	Hail	1.00 in	$7.1 million	County
14 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$500 thousand	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$500 thousand	County
13 Jul 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Sep 2010	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$160 thousand	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.25 in	$75 thousand	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$102 thousand	County
4 Jun 2008	Hail	2.75 in	$510 thousand	County
4 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$425 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$102 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$310 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$210 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$120 thousand	County
6 Sep 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$75 thousand	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$80 thousand	County
14 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$80 thousand	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$60 thousand	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	1.50 in	$100 thousand	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	1.25 in	$120 thousand	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	1.25 in	$110 thousand	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$830 thousand	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$30 thousand	County
3 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$500 thousand	County
11 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2005	Hail	2.75 in	$100 thousand	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
4 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
22 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jul 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$1.1 million	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$250 thousand	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$250 thousand	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	2.75 in	$7.0 million	County
12 Jun 2002	Hail	4.50 in	$23 million	County
26 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Oct 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$100 thousand	County
24 Jul 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$100 thousand	County
19 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$400 thousand	County
19 Jun 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$330 thousand	County
15 Aug 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.25 in	$4 thousand	County
2 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$100 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$100 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$210 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$80 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$155 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.50 in	$205 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	4.50 in	$350 thousand	County
8 Sep 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$260 thousand	County
14 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1997	Hail	1.50 in	$275 thousand	County
7 Jul 1997	Hail	2.00 in	$275 thousand	County
8 Mar 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Mar 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$40 thousand	County
3 Jul 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Sep 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Mar 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
28 May 1989	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Apr 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Jun 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1982	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
26 May 1980	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Jul 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Sep 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Sep 1977	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Aug 1977	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 1973	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Jun 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 1968	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
26 Mar 1968	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
29 Jun 1965	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1965	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Aug 1962	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
29 Jun 1960	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 1960	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Aug 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 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 Kearney County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/kearney/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 Kearney County?: May has 50 of the 178 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 Kearney County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Kearney County has 34.5.
How large is the hail on record for Kearney County?: 50 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.