Hail events in Muskingum 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 115 hail events on record for Muskingum County, Ohio, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 6 Jun 2026.

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

Jun 6 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At DRESDEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SE of OTSEGO

Mar 22 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NNW of ELLIS

May 5 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of SONORA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BLUE ROCK

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of RURALDALE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At WHITE COTTAGE

Jun 14 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At SOUTH ZANESVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of DARLINGTON

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of DARLINGTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WHITE COTTAGE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of MOXAHALA PARK

May 11 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of GAYSPORT

Mar 30 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SSE of NORWICH

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of ZANESVILLE

Mar 14 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of DRESDEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of DRESDEN

Aug 21 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ZANESVILLE

Jul 1 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of GAYSPORT

May 3 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ZANESVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of WORTLEY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At SONORA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of WORTLEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of ZANESVILLE

Aug 12 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of ZANESVILLE PARR ARPT

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 Muskingum 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	1	1	0	2
1970s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980s	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	9
1990s	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	3	15
2000s	2	0	5	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	19
2010s	7	5	2	14	4	0	0	1	6	0	39
2020s	4	2	7	0	10	4	3 (part of the year)				30

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

Jan2 events
Feb0 events
Mar8 events
Apr11 events
May25 events
Jun40 events
Jul13 events
Aug13 events
Sep3 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Muskingum County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	59
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	46
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	9
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: Muskingum County beside the total of the counties of Ohio and of the United States
Measure	Muskingum	All counties of Ohio	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	115	9,147	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.3	22.4	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	13.3	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 Muskingum County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
17 Aug 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Aug 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Aug 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jul 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Mar 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
4 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jul 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jul 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2002	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Sep 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 1985	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
30 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Aug 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1970	Hail	0.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 1968	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 1967	Hail	0.75 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: Pittsburgh, PA (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 Muskingum County, Ohio". https://countyhazards.com/county/oh/muskingum/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 Muskingum County?: June has 40 of the 115 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 Muskingum County compare with the other counties of Ohio?: The counties of Ohio have 22.4 hail events for each 100 square miles. Muskingum County has 17.3.
How large is the hail on record for Muskingum County?: 10 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.