Hail events in Washington 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 163 hail events on record for Washington County, Nebraska, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 15 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 42 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

May 15 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NE of SPIKER

Apr 23 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles WSW of KENNARD

Apr 17 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles W of NASHVILLE

Hail3.25 in, tea cup size

5 miles WSW of FT CALHOUN

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NE of BLAIR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of FT CALHOUN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SW of DE SOTO

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

5 miles WSW of FT CALHOUN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of FT CALHOUN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At KENNARD

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

2 miles SSE of FONTANELLE

Hail4.00 in, softball size

1 mile E of ARLINGTON

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

2 miles SW of KENNARD

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile W of NASHVILLE

Mar 19 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of NASHVILLE

Jun 12 2024

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile E of BLAIR ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of HERMAN

Apr 30 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At HERMAN

Apr 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of BLAIR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles W of WASHINGTON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At BLAIR

Jul 28 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of WASHINGTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of FONTANELLE

Jul 17 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of ARLINGTON

Apr 23 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of FT CALHOUN

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 Washington 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	7
1980s	5	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	15
1990s	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	11	3	21
2000s	2	6	4	3	5	10	3	6	4	1	44
2010s	9	7	5	3	7	0	8	3	0	6	48
2020s	0	1	2	3	6	13	2 (part of the year)				27

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
Mar11 events
Apr33 events
May36 events
Jun42 events
Jul13 events
Aug11 events
Sep14 events
Oct2 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Washington County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	57
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	58
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	37
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	8
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: Washington County beside the total of the counties of Nebraska and of the United States
Measure	Washington	All counties of Nebraska	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	163	24,992	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	41.8	32.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	77.7	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 Washington County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
22 Apr 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Sep 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Sep 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Mar 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Mar 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Sep 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Sep 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Aug 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Aug 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Apr 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	4.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2014	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
22 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Mar 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Mar 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Sep 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Mar 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Nov 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Aug 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
10 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2004	Hail	2.75 in	$10 million	County
22 May 2004	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
29 Mar 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Oct 2002	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 Sep 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Sep 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1998	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
27 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 1986	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Sep 1983	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Sep 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Oct 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1980	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1980	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
4 Jun 1980	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Jun 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 1976	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Jul 1972	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1970	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 1960	Hail	1.00 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: Omaha/Valley, 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 Washington County, Nebraska". https://countyhazards.com/county/ne/washington/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 Washington County?: June has 42 of the 163 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 Washington County compare with the other counties of Nebraska?: The counties of Nebraska have 32.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Washington County has 41.8.
How large is the hail on record for Washington County?: 48 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.