Hail events in Anderson County, Texas 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 224 hail events on record for Anderson County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 29 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 45 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 29 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of TUCKER

Mar 23 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At FRANKSTON

Mar 4 2025

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

2 miles WSW of NECHES. Damage estimate: $200 thousand

Dec 24 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SE of KOSSUTH

Nov 7 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

122 miles NW of CAYUGA

Jun 1 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles W of MONTALBA. Damage estimate: $8 thousand

May 16 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles SE of PALESTINE ARPT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ESE of PALESTINE

Feb 11 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of ELKHART

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of ELKHART

Sep 24 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NE of PALESTINE ARPT. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Sep 3 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles W of NECHES

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of NECHES

Jun 10 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of TUCKER

May 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles N of PALESTINE

Apr 2 2023

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles SW of SLOCUM

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of SLOCUM

Mar 16 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of ELKHART

Apr 30 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of TUCKER

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles W of ELKHART

Apr 13 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SE of PALESTINE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles NNE of PALESTINE

Mar 14 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ESE of PALESTINE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of PALESTINE

May 9 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles NNE of ELMWOOD. Damage estimate: $4 thousand

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 Anderson 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	0	0	0	1	2
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1980s	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	7	8	25
1990s	4	9	6	2	9	5	9	4	2	3	53
2000s	8	0	2	3	6	3	8	0	9	8	47
2010s	13	16	12	1	8	0	2	2	0	3	57
2020s	5	10	6	8	7	2	1 (part of the year)				39

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

Jan9 events
Feb16 events
Mar24 events
Apr83 events
May45 events
Jun8 events
Jul4 events
Aug1 event
Sep3 events
Oct12 events
Nov10 events
Dec9 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Anderson County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	70
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	99
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	49
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
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: Anderson County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Anderson	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	224	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	21.1	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	38.4	18.8	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 Anderson County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2021	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Apr 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Aug 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Feb 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Dec 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Dec 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Nov 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	$7 thousand	County
8 Apr 2012	Hail	2.00 in	$10 thousand	County
8 Apr 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2012	Hail	4.25 in	$10 thousand	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	1.50 in	$1 thousand	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jul 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$6 thousand	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
25 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
26 Mar 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Nov 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$13 thousand	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Oct 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
11 Oct 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Mar 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
5 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Feb 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Feb 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 Feb 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
1 Feb 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Feb 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Feb 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Dec 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Oct 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Oct 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2008	Hail	2.00 in	$10 thousand	County
7 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Mar 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Feb 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Feb 2008	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
14 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 1994	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Feb 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Feb 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Mar 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Mar 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Nov 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Nov 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Oct 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1991	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Feb 1991	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Feb 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1989	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Dec 1988	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Dec 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Dec 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 1988	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
9 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Nov 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Dec 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Nov 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 1959	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
26 May 1955	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 178 of the 224 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: Fort Worth/Dallas, TX (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 Anderson County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/anderson/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 Anderson County?: April has 83 of the 224 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Texas?: NCEI has 55,544 hail events on record for Texas from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Anderson County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Anderson County has 21.1.
How large is the hail on record for Anderson County?: 55 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.