Hail events in Fayette County, Tennessee 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 110 hail events on record for Fayette County, Tennessee, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 2 May 2025.

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

May 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of SOMERVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of OAKLAND

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of MACON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of CANADAVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of SOMERVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of ELBA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles SSW of HICKORY WITHE

Apr 2 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles E of WILLISTON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of SOMERVILLE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles ESE of WILLISTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At OAKLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of WILLISTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of OAKLAND

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles S of GRIFFEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At OAKLAND

Mar 30 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NNW of MOSCOW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of SOMERVILLE

Apr 8 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles NE of LIBERTY HILL

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At SOMERVILLE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles SW of WILLISTON

May 10 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of OAKLAND

Sep 6 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of OAKLAND

May 15 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of HEBRON

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WSW of SOMERVILLE

Apr 9 2021

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At WILLISTON

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 Fayette 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	0	0	0	1
1960s	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4
1990s	2	0	1	1	2	5	7	5	5	6	34
2000s	5	4	2	4	2	0	3	1	1	4	26
2010s	3	8	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	17
2020s	1	1	3	1	3	17	0 (part of the year)				26

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

Jan5 events
Feb4 events
Mar13 events
Apr37 events
May27 events
Jun18 events
Jul2 events
Aug1 event
Sep1 event
Oct1 event
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Fayette County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	52
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	40
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	16
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
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: Fayette County beside the total of the counties of Tennessee and of the United States
Measure	Fayette	All counties of Tennessee	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	110	7,169	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	15.6	17.4	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	25.7	10.3	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 Fayette County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
5 Jun 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Jul 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Aug 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
2 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	$3 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$25 thousand	County
7 Apr 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$25 thousand	County
2 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
16 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
20 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
20 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
20 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
29 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Mar 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	1.50 in	$750	County
21 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
4 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
21 Feb 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$750	County
23 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
23 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$150	County
9 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
18 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
2 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
2 Mar 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
17 Jan 1999	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
6 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
27 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
30 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
28 Mar 1997	Hail	0.88 in	$500	County
28 Feb 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
28 Feb 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
17 Oct 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
3 Jun 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
28 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
28 May 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
28 May 1996	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
27 May 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
18 Jan 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
20 Mar 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
24 Mar 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50	County
18 May 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1987	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Nov 1962	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1956	Hail	1.00 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: Memphis, TN (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 Fayette County, Tennessee". https://countyhazards.com/county/tn/fayette/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 Fayette County?: April has 37 of the 110 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Tennessee?: NCEI has 7,175 hail events on record for Tennessee from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Fayette County compare with the other counties of Tennessee?: The counties of Tennessee have 17.4 hail events for each 100 square miles. Fayette County has 15.6.
How large is the hail on record for Fayette County?: 18 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.