Hail events in McPherson 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 209 hail events on record for McPherson County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 9 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 33 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 9 2026

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

17 miles WNW of TRYON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

21 miles W of TRYON

Jul 19 2025

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

11 miles W of TRYON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

13 miles W of TRYON

Aug 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of TRYON

Jul 14 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of RINGGOLD

Jun 27 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

22 miles WSW of TRYON

May 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

13 miles W of TRYON

Apr 27 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles SSW of RINGGOLD

Sep 16 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of TRYON

May 7 2022

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

16 miles W of TRYON

Aug 13 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of TRYON

Jul 20 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

23 miles WSW of TRYON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

23 miles WSW of TRYON

Jul 19 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

10 miles SW of RINGGOLD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles ENE of TRYON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NNE of TRYON

Jul 13 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

16 miles WSW of TRYON

Sep 11 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of TRYON

Jun 8 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSW of RINGGOLD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NE of TRYON

Jul 26 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

17 miles WNW of TRYON

Jul 22 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

18 miles WSW of TRYON

May 23 2018

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

20 miles W of TRYON

Aug 2 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

19 miles WSW of TRYON

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 McPherson 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	5
1980s	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1990s	0	1	4	1	3	3	22	4	6	4	48
2000s	15	7	6	8	9	14	1	18	2	8	88
2010s	10	2	8	5	3	1	8	3	3	3	46
2020s	7	0	2	5	0	2	2 (part of the year)				18

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
Mar4 events
Apr11 events
May40 events
Jun58 events
Jul56 events
Aug25 events
Sep12 events
Oct3 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for McPherson County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	71
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	88
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	44
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	6
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: McPherson County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	McPherson	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	209	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	24.3	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	5,514.5	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 McPherson County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
2 Jul 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Sep 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Aug 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Aug 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Oct 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Aug 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Jul 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
23 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
22 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2008	Hail	2.00 in	$500	County
17 Oct 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Sep 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Sep 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Sep 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Sep 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
12 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$12 thousand	County
19 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Jun 2006	Hail	2.50 in	$15 thousand	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
6 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
10 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
21 Jul 2003	Hail	1.50 in	$1 thousand	County
20 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
7 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
4 Jul 2001	Hail	2.00 in	$9 thousand	County
4 Jul 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$6 thousand	County
26 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
26 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
9 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$35 thousand	County
29 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
29 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
29 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$500	County
18 Apr 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jun 1999	Hail	1.50 in	$50 thousand	County
4 Jun 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
19 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1998	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Sep 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1997	Hail	0.88 in	$6 thousand	County
20 Jun 1997	Hail	3.50 in	none	County
1 Aug 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Aug 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1996	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1996	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
15 May 1996	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1981	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 Jul 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 Jul 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 189 of the 209 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 McPherson County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/mcpherson/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 McPherson County?: June has 58 of the 209 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 McPherson County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. McPherson County has 24.3.
How large is the hail on record for McPherson County?: 50 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.