Hail events in Jefferson 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 304 hail events on record for Jefferson County, Oklahoma, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 8 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 22 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 8 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

8 miles E of WAURIKA

Mar 7 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WAURIKA

May 19 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile WNW of RINGLING

Apr 5 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At WAURIKA

Mar 24 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of RINGLING

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NNW of GRADY

Mar 14 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles E of WAURIKA

Jun 12 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SE of ADDINGTON

Apr 23 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of RYAN

Jun 21 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of RYAN

May 8 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

7 miles N of RINGLING

May 4 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At RINGLING

May 1 2019

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles NE of ADDINGTON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At ADDINGTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CORNISH

Hail2.38 in, hen egg size

1 mile NNE of WAURIKA

Apr 17 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles NW of RINGLING

Mar 23 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles NNE of RINGLING

Mar 25 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At TERRAL

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of TERRAL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of TERRAL

Feb 24 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SE of RYAN

May 11 2016

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ADDINGTON

Mar 30 2016

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At RYAN

May 27 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NW of WAURIKA

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 Jefferson 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	1	1	1	0	0	3
1960s	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	4	0	11
1970s	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	7
1980s	0	1	0	3	0	10	5	5	5	12	41
1990s	2	15	13	9	16	12	12	7	10	0	96
2000s	4	10	9	9	21	5	11	4	6	12	91
2010s	3	13	2	4	4	5	2	0	4	6	43
2020s	3	1	0	1	3	2	2 (part of the year)				12

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
Feb8 events
Mar38 events
Apr101 events
May69 events
Jun48 events
Jul3 events
Aug6 events
Sep7 events
Oct15 events
Nov6 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Jefferson County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	118
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	97
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	73
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	14
4 in and larger	softball and larger	2

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: Jefferson County beside the total of the counties of Oklahoma and of the United States
Measure	Jefferson	All counties of Oklahoma	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	304	31,575	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	40.1	46.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	559.0	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 Jefferson County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
26 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2014	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
20 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
15 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 Feb 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Feb 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Oct 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Oct 2011	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
22 Oct 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
17 Oct 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	2.75 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2010	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Apr 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Apr 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
29 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Nov 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 2008	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Feb 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Dec 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Dec 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Mar 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Mar 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	2.75 in	$5.0 million	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	2.75 in	$500 thousand	County
17 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Apr 1991	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Mar 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Sep 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Nov 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Oct 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Oct 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Oct 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1988	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jun 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Feb 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Feb 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 1986	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Nov 1985	Hail	0.90 in	none	County
30 Nov 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Nov 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Nov 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Mar 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 1983	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
29 Mar 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Oct 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Oct 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Oct 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 May 1975	Hail	5.00 in	none	County
10 May 1975	Hail	5.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1971	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1968	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
16 May 1968	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1968	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1968	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
12 May 1967	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Aug 1966	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 1965	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1964	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1964	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1964	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1964	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 May 1957	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1956	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 May 1955	Hail	2.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 198 of the 304 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 Jefferson County, Oklahoma". https://countyhazards.com/county/ok/jefferson/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 Jefferson County?: April has 101 of the 304 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 Jefferson County compare with the other counties of Oklahoma?: The counties of Oklahoma have 46.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Jefferson County has 40.1.
How large is the hail on record for Jefferson County?: 89 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.