Hail events in Medina 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 145 hail events on record for Medina County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 6 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 54 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 6 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of NOONAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNE of NOONAN

Mar 31 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles E of MICO

May 13 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of DEVINE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles N of YANCEY

Apr 1 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of RIO MEDINA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of RIO MEDINA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of RIO MEDINA

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles W of RIO MEDINA

May 21 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles WSW of DUNLAY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile E of HONDO

May 4 2022

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of CASTROVILLE

Apr 17 2022

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

1 mile NE of YANCEY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of HONDO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of HONDO

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

3 miles E of HONDO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HONDO

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

2 miles NW of HONDO ARPT

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile ENE of CASTROVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of RIO MEDINA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of MICO

May 11 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

5 miles SE of NATALIA

Apr 28 2021

Hail4.00 in, softball size

5 miles WSW of (HDO)HONDO MUNI ARPT. Damage estimate: $1.0 million

Hail6.42 in, grapefruit size

1 mile SSE of HONDO

Hail6.00 in, grapefruit size

At HONDO

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 Medina 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	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5
1970s	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	9
1980s	4	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	12
1990s	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	5	0	14
2000s	4	4	5	1	1	0	5	1	2	10	33
2010s	5	1	0	7	4	1	14	2	4	4	42
2020s	1	8	12	0	6	3	0 (part of the year)				30

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

Jan2 events
Feb6 events
Mar19 events
Apr48 events
May52 events
Jun10 events
Jul1 event
Aug1 event
Sep0 events
Oct3 events
Nov2 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Medina County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	35
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	44
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	9
4 in and larger	softball and larger	7

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: Medina County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Medina	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	145	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	10.9	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	27.9	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 Medina County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
28 Apr 2021	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 2021	Hail	5.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 2021	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
28 Apr 2021	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jan 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Jun 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 Jun 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
13 Apr 2019	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
4 May 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Feb 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 May 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
28 May 2016	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 May 2014	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
27 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
27 Apr 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Mar 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Aug 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
14 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Dec 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Nov 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
14 May 2006	Hail	2.50 in	$200 thousand	County
9 May 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$400 thousand	County
4 Mar 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2002	Hail	4.50 in	$600 thousand	County
19 Mar 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2002	Hail	4.50 in	$400 thousand	County
12 Oct 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$80 thousand	County
12 Oct 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$600 thousand	County
24 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Feb 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Feb 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Feb 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Feb 1998	Hail	2.75 in	$10 million	County
27 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
9 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 1993	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Feb 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 1984	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 1984	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
9 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Mar 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Oct 1980	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 May 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jan 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 1979	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Mar 1977	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Apr 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1970	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 1970	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 1969	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1968	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Apr 1965	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
3 Nov 1964	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 1963	Hail	1.75 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: 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 Medina County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/medina/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 Medina County?: May has 52 of the 145 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 Medina County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Medina County has 10.9.
How large is the hail on record for Medina County?: 60 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.