Hail events in Phelps 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 225 hail events on record for Phelps County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 16 Jul 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 34 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 16 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

11 miles N of HOLDREGE. Damage estimate: $3.0 million

Jul 6 2024

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

7 miles N of FUNK. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

7 miles NNW of FUNK. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

9 miles N of HOLDREGE. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

9 miles NE of BERTRAND. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

14 miles NNE of LOOMIS. Damage estimate: $2.1 million

May 3 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile SW of HOLDREGE. Damage estimate: $3.0 million

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of LOOMIS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of BERTRAND. Damage estimate: $1.1 million

Oct 12 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

12 miles N of FUNK

Oct 3 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles N of FUNK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of FUNK

Jul 22 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles N of FUNK

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

13 miles N of FUNK. Damage estimate: $2.2 million

May 6 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NW of HOLDREGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BERTRAND

May 5 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles N of HOLDREGE ARPT. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of LOOMIS

Jun 14 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At BERTRAND

May 17 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HOLDREGE

Jul 29 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles N of HOLDREGE

Jul 4 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BERTRAND

Jun 20 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

14 miles NNE of LOOMIS

Sep 1 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At HOLDREGE

Jun 30 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SW of SACRAMENTO

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 Phelps 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	3	3
1960s	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
1970s	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	9
1980s	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	9
1990s	0	2	7	4	1	1	5	1	7	14	42
2000s	10	4	5	15	2	10	8	8	3	3	68
2010s	13	14	15	7	4	2	6	2	3	2	68
2020s	1	0	2	9	9	0	0 (part of the year)				21

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
Apr23 events
May68 events
Jun48 events
Jul48 events
Aug14 events
Sep13 events
Oct5 events
Nov3 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Phelps County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	81
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	77
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	57
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	10
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: Phelps County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Phelps	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	225	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	41.7	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	251.8	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 Phelps 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	$21 million	County
15 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2016	Hail	1.50 in	$150 thousand	County
6 Jul 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 May 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Nov 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$3.1 million	County
14 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$3.1 million	County
14 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$3.1 million	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$275 thousand	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2013	Hail	1.50 in	$25 thousand	County
27 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
13 Oct 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$275 thousand	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Oct 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Aug 2011	Hail	1.25 in	$165 thousand	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$1.0 million	County
5 Jul 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$52 thousand	County
5 Jul 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	$1.0 million	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$275 thousand	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	$250 thousand	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Sep 2010	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Aug 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jul 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$102 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$210 thousand	County
6 Sep 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
6 Sep 2007	Hail	1.50 in	$175 thousand	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$80 thousand	County
4 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2007	Hail	1.00 in	$55 thousand	County
23 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$60 thousand	County
15 Sep 2006	Hail	2.00 in	$140 thousand	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$60 thousand	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$425 thousand	County
15 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$300 thousand	County
5 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$500 thousand	County
6 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$125 thousand	County
11 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
7 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
5 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$260 thousand	County
9 Sep 2003	Hail	1.25 in	$110 thousand	County
5 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$110 thousand	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$250 thousand	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$305 thousand	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$300 thousand	County
26 May 2002	Hail	1.25 in	$245 thousand	County
22 Apr 2001	Hail	2.00 in	$20 thousand	County
25 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$270 thousand	County
20 Jul 2000	Hail	2.75 in	$2.9 million	County
20 Jul 2000	Hail	2.50 in	$1.6 million	County
20 Jul 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$505 thousand	County
20 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$252 thousand	County
3 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$100 thousand	County
19 Jun 2000	Hail	1.75 in	$750 thousand	County
19 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$300 thousand	County
19 Jun 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
30 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$220 thousand	County
30 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$160 thousand	County
30 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$60 thousand	County
22 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
22 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
22 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$105 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
14 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
21 Apr 1999	Hail	2.75 in	$2 thousand	County
10 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$25 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$1.8 million	County
21 May 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$250 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$155 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$120 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	County
21 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$50 thousand	County
2 Aug 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$85 thousand	County
27 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$80 thousand	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	2.00 in	$1.1 million	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County
7 Jul 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	County

The site keeps 160 of the 225 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: 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 Phelps County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/phelps/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 Phelps County?: May has 68 of the 225 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 Phelps County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Phelps County has 41.7.
How large is the hail on record for Phelps County?: 67 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.