Hail events in Edwards 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 119 hail events on record for Edwards 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 27 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

Hail5.00 in, grapefruit size

2 miles SSE of CAMP WOOD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile WNW of BARKSDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles NNW of BARKSDALE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles NNW of BARKSDALE

Mar 10 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of CAMP WOOD

May 26 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

12 miles NE of ROCKS SPGS ARPT

Apr 20 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

27 miles NE of ROCKS SPGS ARPT

Jun 5 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles WSW of ROCKS SPGS

May 17 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

11 miles NE of ROCKS SPGS

May 24 2022

Hail3.50 in, tea cup size

26 miles N of CARTA VLY

Mar 24 2021

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NW of BARKSDALE

May 26 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

12 miles ENE of ROCKS SPGS

May 15 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

12 miles NE of ROCKS SPGS ARPT

Apr 12 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile ESE of ROCKS SPGS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

8 miles WSW of ROCKS SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

13 miles SW of ROCKS SPGS

Mar 19 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SE of ROCKS SPGS ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

16 miles E of CARTA VLY

May 30 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

21 miles NW of ROCKS SPGS

May 3 2019

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

16 miles E of CARTA VLY

Dec 26 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of ROCKS SPGS

May 28 2017

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles SSE of ROCKS SPGS

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

12 miles NE of ROCKS SPGS ARPT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile S of CARTA VLY. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Jan 15 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles N of BARKSDALE

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 Edwards 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	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	5
1980s	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	11
1990s	0	0	2	1	2	2	7	7	0	0	21
2000s	4	2	0	0	3	1	4	1	3	4	22
2010s	2	2	0	10	8	2	3	8	1	2	38
2020s	7	1	1	0	2	2	5 (part of the year)				18

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
Feb3 events
Mar20 events
Apr40 events
May35 events
Jun14 events
Jul0 events
Aug0 events
Sep0 events
Oct0 events
Nov1 event
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Edwards County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	33
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	49
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	30
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
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: Edwards County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Edwards	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	119	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	5.6	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	827.5	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 Edwards County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
15 Jan 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
15 Jan 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jan 2017	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
15 Jan 2017	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
13 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Apr 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
31 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Mar 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2010	Hail	1.50 in	$10 thousand	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Mar 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Apr 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Mar 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Feb 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Feb 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Mar 2000	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
22 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 Apr 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
3 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Nov 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$8 thousand	County
23 Jun 1994	Hail	2.75 in	$500	County
30 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1989	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Mar 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1986	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
24 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
2 Mar 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 1979	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 May 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1968	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1966	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1964	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 1962	Hail	4.50 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: Austin/San Antonio, 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 Edwards County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/edwards/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 Edwards County?: April has 40 of the 119 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 Edwards County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Edwards County has 5.6.
How large is the hail on record for Edwards County?: 37 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.