Hail events in Marion 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 101 hail events on record for Marion County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 8 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 11 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

May 8 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles N of ORRS

Apr 5 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile W of NORTH JEFFERSON

Apr 2 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of ORRS

Apr 24 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSW of PRUETT

Jun 19 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SW of ORRS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles SW of ORRS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

6 miles WSW of ORRS

Mar 11 2018

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

6 miles S of ORRS

Mar 10 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of ORRS

May 28 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles S of SMITHLAND

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles SSW of ORRS

Jan 21 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NNW of GRAY

Nov 11 2012

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles SW of KELLEYVILLE

Oct 24 2010

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NNE of BEREA

Apr 8 2008

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of JEFFERSON

Mar 29 2008

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NW of BEREA

May 7 2003

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At JEFFERSON

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles W of JEFFERSON

Mar 30 2002

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

10 miles W of JEFFERSON

May 6 2001

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles W of JEFFERSON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At JEFFERSON

Feb 27 2001

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

10 miles W of JEFFERSON

May 3 2000

Hail0.75 in, penny size

10 miles NW of JEFFERSON

Mar 28 2000

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At JEFFERSON

Feb 19 1998

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At JEFFERSON

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 Marion 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
1980s	0	0	0	2	5	5	2	8	2	7	31
1990s	6	5	5	3	10	1	2	6	4	0	42
2000s	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	10
2010s	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	10
2020s	1	0	0	1	0	1	1 (part of the year)				4

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

Jan3 events
Feb8 events
Mar10 events
Apr28 events
May29 events
Jun8 events
Jul0 events
Aug1 event
Sep1 event
Oct6 events
Nov3 events
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Marion County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	27
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	44
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	28
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: Marion County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Marion	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	101	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	26.5	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	104.7	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 Marion County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
9 Feb 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jan 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Oct 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Feb 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Nov 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Jun 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 May 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 1994	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Apr 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jan 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
25 Apr 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Sep 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Oct 1991	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
4 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Feb 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Dec 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Dec 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 1990	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
30 May 1990	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
16 May 1990	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Feb 1990	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Nov 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Oct 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Dec 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 1987	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Mar 1987	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Mar 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Mar 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Feb 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1985	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Apr 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Oct 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Oct 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1984	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Dec 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1968	Hail	0.75 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: Shreveport, LA (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 Marion County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/marion/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 Marion County?: May has 29 of the 101 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 Marion County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Marion County has 26.5.
How large is the hail on record for Marion County?: 30 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.