Hail events in Brazos 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 176 hail events on record for Brazos County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 22 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 80 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 22 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles ESE of MILLICAN

May 6 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles WSW of BRYAN

May 5 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles S of TABOR

Mar 15 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles ENE of ENRIGHT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles SW of HARVEY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NNW of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles SE of BRYAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNE of HARVEY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NW of HARVEY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles N of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles SSE of BRYAN COULTER ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of HARVEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of HARVEY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles N of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NNW of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles ESE of BRYAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NE of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of BRYAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of BRYAN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of COLLEGE STATION

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of COLLEGE STATION

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 Brazos 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	3	0	0	4
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980s	1	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	11
1990s	1	3	0	0	10	6	4	2	6	6	38
2000s	0	0	2	6	4	9	1	1	2	7	32
2010s	2	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	11	2	24
2020s	14	11	2	2	4	33	1 (part of the year)				67

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

Jan8 events
Feb5 events
Mar62 events
Apr41 events
May35 events
Jun6 events
Jul8 events
Aug5 events
Sep0 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec5 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Brazos County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	47
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	89
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	33
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	6
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: Brazos County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Brazos	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	176	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	30.0	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	7.4	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 Brazos County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
15 Mar 2025	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2025	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2025	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 Dec 2024	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Dec 2024	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2024	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
11 Feb 2024	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Mar 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Mar 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2021	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
27 May 2020	Hail	0.70 in	$500	County
27 May 2020	Hail	0.70 in	$500	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.50 in	$3 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
27 May 2020	Hail	1.75 in	$4 thousand	County
24 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Mar 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Apr 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 Apr 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Dec 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Feb 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Feb 2012	Hail	2.25 in	$30 thousand	County
7 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Jul 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jul 2009	Hail	2.75 in	$14 thousand	County
25 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$1 thousand	County
1 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
31 Oct 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
5 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$8 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
1 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Mar 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
17 Mar 2004	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
21 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
11 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
13 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
25 Mar 2003	Hail	1.50 in	$3 thousand	County
25 Mar 2003	Hail	1.50 in	$3 thousand	County
23 Dec 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
23 Dec 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
3 Aug 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
26 Apr 1999	Hail	0.88 in	$12 thousand	County
26 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
12 Mar 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	4.50 in	$10 million	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
5 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
5 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$3 thousand	County
21 Jan 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$3 thousand	County
11 Jan 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
11 Jan 1998	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
11 Jan 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
6 Jul 1997	Hail	1.25 in	$10 thousand	County
6 Jul 1997	Hail	1.50 in	$15 thousand	County
11 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
11 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
28 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
18 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
18 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
17 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
17 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
13 Mar 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Jan 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
28 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Apr 1994	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Apr 1994	Hail	1.25 in	$5 thousand	County
13 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 May 1983	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Feb 1981	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
10 Feb 1981	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 1957	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Jan 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 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: Houston/Galveston, 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 Brazos County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/brazos/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 Brazos County?: March has 62 of the 176 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 Brazos County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Brazos County has 30.0.
How large is the hail on record for Brazos County?: 40 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.