Hail events in Nowata 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 158 hail events on record for Nowata County, Oklahoma, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 8 Jun 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 18 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 8 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR

May 26 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

6 miles E of DELAWARE. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

May 22 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR

Sep 5 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At LENAPAH

Nov 24 2020

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SW of WANN. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

Jul 11 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR

Apr 28 2020

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles W of NOWATA

Jun 1 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

8 miles E of ELLIOT. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Mar 29 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles N of LENAPAH

Oct 9 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles S of NOWATA

Aug 10 2017

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At WATOVA. Damage estimate: $15 thousand

May 27 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of NOWATA. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At NOWATA. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles WNW of NOWATA

May 9 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles W of NOWATA

Apr 10 2016

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR

Mar 30 2016

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR

Hail0.75 in, penny size

7 miles W of NOWATA

Apr 2 2015

Hail0.75 in, penny size

10 miles E of NOWATA

Jun 5 2014

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

7 miles NE of NOWATA. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile W of DELAWARE. Damage estimate: $20 thousand

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of NOWATA

Sep 7 2012

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NW of NOWATA ARPT. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

3 miles N of NOWATA. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

Apr 30 2012

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

6 miles W of NOWATA

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 Nowata 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	1	1	2	4
1960s	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	2	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	5	15
1990s	4	4	2	9	5	7	8	10	4	4	57
2000s	7	1	1	4	5	7	7	3	9	3	47
2010s	0	4	4	0	3	1	4	5	0	2	23
2020s	3	0	0	1	2	1	0 (part of the year)				7

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
Feb2 events
Mar24 events
Apr31 events
May49 events
Jun19 events
Jul11 events
Aug7 events
Sep6 events
Oct3 events
Nov5 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Nowata County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	88
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	36
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	29
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
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: Nowata County beside the total of the counties of Oklahoma and of the United States
Measure	Nowata	All counties of Oklahoma	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	158	31,575	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	27.9	46.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	169.8	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 Nowata County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
13 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Sep 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Feb 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Nov 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	2.75 in	$50 thousand	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Apr 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Oct 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
4 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Dec 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1999	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Mar 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Apr 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Nov 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Mar 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Mar 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jul 1995	Hail	0.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Nov 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Sep 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Mar 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Aug 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
21 May 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
9 Nov 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1981	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
25 Sep 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1968	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 May 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Jun 1965	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1961	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Aug 1960	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 1959	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 Feb 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1958	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 1957	Hail	2.25 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: Tulsa, 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 Nowata County, Oklahoma". https://countyhazards.com/county/ok/nowata/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 Nowata County?: May has 49 of the 158 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 Nowata County compare with the other counties of Oklahoma?: The counties of Oklahoma have 46.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Nowata County has 27.9.
How large is the hail on record for Nowata County?: 34 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.