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

The newest hail event on record is on 26 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 25 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

Mar 26 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of TOLEDO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of IRONVILLE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNE of NEAPOLIS

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles WNW of TOLEDO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of SYLVANIA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of CENTENNIAL

Jun 19 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SSW of WHITEHOUSE

Jun 15 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SSE of PT PLACE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile E of PT PLACE

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

1 mile S of PT PLACE

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At PT PLACE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At NILES BEACH

Oct 23 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles ESE of TOLEDO

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles ESE of TOLEDO

May 26 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At OTTAWA HILLS

Apr 7 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At SYLVANIA

Aug 18 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of CRESTVIEW

Jun 1 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of TOLEDO

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles SW of TOLEDO

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles S of VULCAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of CRESTVIEW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of HOLLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of OTTAWA HILLS

May 9 2018

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MAUMEE

May 4 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles ESE of TOLEDO

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 Lucas 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	4	0	0	0	4
1970s	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	8
1980s	0	1	0	3	0	4	4	0	3	0	15
1990s	0	1	3	1	1	4	0	2	4	7	23
2000s	8	13	1	10	4	1	9	11	9	3	69
2010s	9	13	19	3	6	1	2	4	2	7	66
2020s	4	0	0	5	1	0	6 (part of the year)				16

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
Feb1 event
Mar22 events
Apr13 events
May46 events
Jun60 events
Jul24 events
Aug25 events
Sep3 events
Oct5 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Lucas County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	110
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	62
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	28
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
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: Lucas County beside the total of the counties of Ohio and of the United States
Measure	Lucas	All counties of Ohio	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	201	9,147	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	59.2	22.4	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	4.7	7.8	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 Lucas County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
4 Sep 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Sep 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Aug 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	1.75 in	$250 thousand	County
10 Jul 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2012	Hail	2.00 in	$200 thousand	County
18 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Nov 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.00 in	$250 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.00 in	$150 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	2.00 in	$250 thousand	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$30 thousand	County
7 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
5 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
5 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2010	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	$20 thousand	County
8 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	1.25 in	$15 thousand	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
21 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
21 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$4 thousand	County
19 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Mar 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
25 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
19 Jun 2001	Hail	1.25 in	$25 thousand	County
19 Jun 2001	Hail	1.25 in	$20 thousand	County
7 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
14 Jul 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Oct 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
27 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Nov 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Sep 1993	Hail	2.50 in	$550 thousand	County
14 Oct 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Oct 1992	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
20 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1991	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
23 Jul 1988	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 May 1988	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jul 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1976	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1972	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Feb 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1970	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Jul 1966	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 1966	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 1966	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 1966	Hail	2.50 in	none	County

The site keeps 182 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.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Cleveland, OH (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 Lucas County, Ohio". https://countyhazards.com/county/oh/lucas/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 Lucas County?: June has 60 of the 201 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Ohio?: NCEI has 9,155 hail events on record for Ohio from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Lucas County compare with the other counties of Ohio?: The counties of Ohio have 22.4 hail events for each 100 square miles. Lucas County has 59.2.
How large is the hail on record for Lucas County?: 29 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.