Hail events in Dewey County, Oklahoma 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 336 hail events on record for Dewey County, Oklahoma, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 17 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 29 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

Apr 17 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles N of PUTNAM

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At SEILING

Mar 6 2026

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At LEEDEY

Jun 8 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NE of HUCMAC

May 26 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At PUTNAM

May 13 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

8 miles SE of CAMARGO

May 6 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNW of OAKWOOD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of OAKWOOD

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At OAKWOOD

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles S of TALOGA

Apr 30 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles N of FAY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At FAY

Apr 27 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SW of SEILING

Oct 26 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of VICI

Sep 7 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NW of OAKWOOD

May 13 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles SSW of LEEDEY

Jan 10 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SE of VICI

Jun 15 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

7 miles WSW of OAKWOOD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of SEILING

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of SEILING

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

5 miles SW of HUCMAC

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles ESE of TALOGA

Jun 12 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of HUCMAC

May 29 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At VICI

May 18 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

7 miles E of CAMARGO

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 Dewey 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	1	1	0	4	6
1960s	0	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	0	11
1970s	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	7
1980s	0	0	1	3	5	4	25	6	2	12	58
1990s	9	13	13	2	11	7	13	3	3	13	87
2000s	6	5	15	11	17	12	2	8	10	9	95
2010s	13	5	10	7	0	5	5	3	2	5	55
2020s	2	2	0	0	8	2	3 (part of the year)				17

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
Feb2 events
Mar31 events
Apr81 events
May96 events
Jun58 events
Jul19 events
Aug14 events
Sep24 events
Oct9 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Dewey County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	145
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	111
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	66
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	12
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Dewey County beside the total of the counties of Oklahoma and of the United States
Measure	Dewey	All counties of Oklahoma	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	336	31,575	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	33.6	46.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	760.7	79.2	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 Dewey County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
16 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2016	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
26 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2016	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2015	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
27 May 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Sep 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2012	Hail	2.50 in	$2 thousand	County
9 Apr 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2011	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Oct 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 2009	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Mar 2008	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Oct 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Oct 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2007	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	3.00 in	$200 thousand	County
4 Oct 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 2004	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 Sep 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 Apr 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jul 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1988	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Sep 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Sep 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Sep 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jul 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Sep 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Mar 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Mar 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Mar 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Aug 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 1976	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1974	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 Sep 1970	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1968	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 1967	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 May 1966	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1965	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1965	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1965	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 1964	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 May 1964	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Jun 1963	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 May 1963	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Sep 1961	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Sep 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1959	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 May 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1959	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 1957	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 1956	Hail	1.00 in	none	County

The site keeps 198 of the 336 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: Norman, OK (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 Dewey County, Oklahoma". https://countyhazards.com/county/ok/dewey/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 Dewey County?: May has 96 of the 336 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Oklahoma?: NCEI has 31,601 hail events on record for Oklahoma from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Dewey County compare with the other counties of Oklahoma?: The counties of Oklahoma have 46.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Dewey County has 33.6.
How large is the hail on record for Dewey County?: 79 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.