Hail events in Knox County, Texas The hail events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 268 hail events on record for Knox County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 10 Mar 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 38 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

Mar 10 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SSW of GOREE

Apr 29 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of MUNDAY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles W of MUNDAY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MUNDAY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SE of KNOX CITY

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile NNE of KNOX CITY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of KNOX CITY

May 4 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At KNOX CITY

Apr 27 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of KNOX CITY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At KNOX CITY

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

5 miles W of KNOX CITY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

6 miles ENE of GILLILAND

Feb 2 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MUNDAY

Jun 22 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MUNDAY

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At RHINELAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of TRUSCOTT

May 23 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At KNOX CITY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At GOREE

May 12 2023

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

5 miles N of GOREE

May 7 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At BENJAMIN

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At BENJAMIN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At BENJAMIN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of KNOX CITY

May 6 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At BENJAMIN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At KNOX CITY

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 Knox 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	1	0	0	1
1960s	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
1980s	1	0	4	0	1	7	12	4	2	5	36
1990s	9	1	8	7	6	21	8	4	5	21	90
2000s	11	7	6	18	6	8	6	4	5	7	78
2010s	2	0	6	6	0	5	4	3	1	0	27
2020s	1	3	1	13	6	6	1 (part of the year)				31

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
Feb3 events
Mar31 events
Apr56 events
May109 events
Jun42 events
Jul7 events
Aug4 events
Sep8 events
Oct6 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Knox County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	95
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	94
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	61
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	17
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: Knox County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Knox	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	268	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	31.5	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	799.8	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 Knox County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
6 May 2023	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Apr 2021	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2015	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2015	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 May 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Sep 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
30 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Mar 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Mar 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Feb 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Sep 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
13 May 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
4 Oct 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Aug 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Aug 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Mar 1995	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
21 Oct 1994	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Oct 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 1992	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1992	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
7 Jun 1992	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
13 May 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1990	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
1 Jun 1990	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
1 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1990	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
28 Mar 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Mar 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
3 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Nov 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Mar 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Mar 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Mar 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Mar 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Oct 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
14 May 1986	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 1984	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1980	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
29 May 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1972	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1961	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
27 May 1960	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 1957	Hail	2.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 200 of the 268 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: Norman, OK (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 Knox County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/knox/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 Knox County?: May has 109 of the 268 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 Knox County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Knox County has 31.5.
How large is the hail on record for Knox County?: 79 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.