Hail events in Childress 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 216 hail events on record for Childress County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 23 Jun 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

Jun 23 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NNW of CHILDRESS

Jun 11 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CHILDRESS

Mar 31 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles SSE of (CDS)CHILDRESS ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles NW of CHILDRESS

Jul 8 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSE of LOCO

Jun 8 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

9 miles W of LOCO

Mar 2 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of KIRKLAND

May 30 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of CHILDRESS

May 23 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

17 miles N of CHILDRESS

Feb 2 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

8 miles S of CHILDRESS

Nov 30 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At KIRKLAND

Sep 19 2023

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

4 miles NNE of KIRKLAND

Jul 5 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of KIRKLAND

May 22 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

6 miles SSE of ARLIE

Apr 9 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles ESE of CHILDRESS

May 31 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

14 miles NW of CHILDRESS

May 10 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CHILDRESS

May 16 2021

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At KIRKLAND

Apr 23 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of TELL

Mar 16 2021

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At CHILDRESS

Jun 20 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles S of ARLIE

May 15 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles ESE of KIRKLAND

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of KIRKLAND

May 13 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of ARLIE

May 7 2020

Hail3.25 in, tea cup size

9 miles W of LOCO

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 Childress 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	2	5
1960s	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	8
1970s	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
1980s	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	10
1990s	3	4	6	5	4	8	3	2	1	6	42
2000s	2	17	10	6	7	3	9	5	4	3	66
2010s	3	3	7	6	5	2	6	7	5	3	47
2020s	8	3	2	5	3	3	4 (part of the year)				28

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
Feb1 event
Mar11 events
Apr44 events
May94 events
Jun44 events
Jul6 events
Aug2 events
Sep7 events
Oct3 events
Nov2 events
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Childress County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	58
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	70
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	75
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	12
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: Childress County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Childress	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	216	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	31.0	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	320.7	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 Childress County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
11 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Mar 2020	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
7 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Jun 2017	Hail	3.00 in	$2.0 million	County
15 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
16 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Oct 2016	Hail	2.00 in	$15 thousand	County
25 Aug 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
13 May 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2015	Hail	2.50 in	$15 thousand	County
26 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
20 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2014	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
20 Apr 2014	Hail	2.75 in	$1.0 million	County
16 Aug 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 May 2013	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
27 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	2.00 in	$400	County
30 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Nov 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$3.0 million	County
9 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$200 thousand	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
9 May 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$25 thousand	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 Dec 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Dec 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jul 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$125 thousand	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$25 thousand	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	1.25 in	$25 thousand	County
29 Apr 2004	Hail	1.50 in	$175 thousand	County
29 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$25 thousand	County
24 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
24 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
29 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
29 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	$20 thousand	County
17 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	2.75 in	$350 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	2.75 in	$150 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$125 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	$25 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	$20 thousand	County
25 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$10 thousand	County
15 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
25 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
22 May 1996	Hail	2.50 in	$3.1 million	County
3 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
3 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
28 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Apr 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jun 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1990	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1978	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
25 Jun 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 1976	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Sep 1973	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 1972	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 1971	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 1970	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1969	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1969	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1969	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
17 Jun 1969	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 1965	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 1962	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 Sep 1961	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Jul 1959	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 May 1959	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Sep 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1956	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Jun 1955	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 181 of the 216 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: Lubbock, 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 Childress County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/childress/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 Childress County?: May has 94 of the 216 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 Childress County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Childress County has 31.0.
How large is the hail on record for Childress County?: 88 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.