County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Hail events in Valley 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 201 hail events on record for Valley County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 14 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 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

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

8 miles WNW of ELYRIA. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

9 miles N of ARCADIA. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

8 miles WNW of ELYRIA. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles SW of ELYRIA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At ORD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ORD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of ELYRIA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles W of ELYRIA. Damage estimate: $175 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles WSW of ARCADIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of ARCADIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles SW of ORD

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles W of ARCADIA. Damage estimate: $1.1 million

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of ARCADIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles W of ARCADIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At NORTH LOUP

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At NORTH LOUP

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At NORTH LOUP. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ORD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles NE of ORD

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At ARCADIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles NE of ORD

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At ARCADIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles W of ARCADIA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At ORD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles WSW of ELYRIA

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 Valley County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade0123456789All
1950s00000010001
1960s00000000000
1970s00022100027
1980s40000002017
1990s103011174422
2000s10317536154761
2010s11810171291105285
2020s414504018

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. Mar4
  4. Apr7
  5. May37
  6. Jun62
  7. Jul46
  8. Aug32
  9. Sep11
  10. Oct2
  11. Nov0
  12. Dec0

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Valley County by hail size
Hail sizeSize in wordsEvents
under 1 inpea to quarter62
1 to 1.74 inquarter to golf ball82
1.75 to 2.74 ingolf ball to baseball52
2.75 to 3.99 inbaseball to softball5
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: Valley County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
MeasureValleyAll counties of NebraskaAll counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 202620124,992423,723
Events for each 100 square miles35.432.512.0
Events for each 10,000 residents494.3127.312.8

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 Valley County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
DateEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.25 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 in$175 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.25 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$200 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.25 in$25 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$435 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$435 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$435 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$275 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$260 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 in$8.0 million00County
Hail1.75 in$8.0 million00County
Hail1.00 in$7.1 million00County
Hail1.50 in$8.0 million00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$1.0 million00County
Hail1.25 in$25 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$2.1 million00County
Hail1.25 in$1.0 million00County
Hail1.75 in$525 thousand00County
Hail1.25 in$260 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$265 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$50 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$50 thousand00County
Hail2.00 in$50 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$325 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$325 thousand00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail2.00 innone00County
Hail2.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.50 in$155 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$10 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$130 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$150 thousand00County
Hail2.50 in$250 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$520 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$50 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$30 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$100 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$100 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail2.00 in$650 thousand00County
Hail1.25 in$110 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$25 thousand00County
Hail0.88 in$500 thousand00County
Hail2.25 in$2.6 million00County
Hail1.00 in$1.1 million00County
Hail1.00 in$500 thousand00County
Hail2.75 in$275 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$275 thousand00County
Hail1.50 in$300 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$135 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$525 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$260 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$110 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$10 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$2.1 million00County
Hail1.50 in$252 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$252 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$150 thousand00County
Hail2.75 in$3.9 million00County
Hail1.75 in$2.2 million00County
Hail0.75 in$200 thousand00County
Hail1.25 in$5 thousand00County
Hail2.00 in$560 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$345 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$45 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$25 thousand00County
Hail2.00 in$225 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$440 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$430 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$330 thousand00County
Hail2.25 in$1.1 million00County
Hail2.00 in$1.1 million00County
Hail1.00 in$1.0 million00County
Hail0.75 in$75 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$255 thousand00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail3.00 innone00County

The site keeps 157 of the 201 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.

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Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Valley County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/valley/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 Valley County?
June has 62 of the 201 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 Valley County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?
The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Valley County has 35.4.
How large is the hail on record for Valley County?
57 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.