Hail events in Menard 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 118 hail events on record for Menard County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

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

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 36 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 10 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of HEXT

May 26 2025

Hail5.87 in, grapefruit size

1 mile E of MENARD CO ARPT

Hail3.25 in, tea cup size

At MENARD CO ARPT

May 23 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles E of MENARD

May 16 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of MENARD CO ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles W of HEXT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of MENARD

May 10 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of MENARD

May 3 2024

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

9 miles WSW of MENARD CO ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles NE of FT MCKAVETT

Mar 15 2024

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

11 miles N of FT MCKAVETT

Jun 21 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of MENARD

Jun 19 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

14 miles S of MENARD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNE of HEXT

Jun 13 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NNW of MENARD CO ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of MENARD

Apr 20 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MENARD

Mar 24 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

10 miles S of MENARD

Feb 10 2020

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of MENARD

Jun 16 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

8 miles WSW of HEXT

Apr 17 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of MENARD

Mar 13 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

9 miles SW of HEXT

May 19 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of MENARD

Apr 11 2017

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HEXT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles W of HEXT

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 Menard 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	0	0	0
1970s	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
1980s	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
1990s	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8	13
2000s	9	2	5	2	5	1	3	2	2	0	31
2010s	0	4	5	11	3	5	11	4	0	3	46
2020s	1	1	0	6	8	2	1 (part of the year)				19

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

Jan1 event
Feb2 events
Mar15 events
Apr36 events
May51 events
Jun9 events
Jul0 events
Aug1 event
Sep1 event
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec2 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Menard County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	32
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	41
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	39
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	4
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: Menard County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Menard	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	118	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	13.1	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	595.4	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 Menard County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
19 Feb 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2016	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
19 Apr 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 Mar 2016	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
8 Mar 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Mar 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Mar 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Mar 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2015	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
18 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2013	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
7 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 May 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Mar 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 2005	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Dec 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Dec 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
7 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Mar 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Mar 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jan 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Aug 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
26 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 1988	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 May 1981	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
23 May 1981	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
20 May 1980	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Apr 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Sep 1973	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
27 May 1970	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: San Angelo, 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 Menard County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/menard/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 Menard County?: May has 51 of the 118 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 Menard County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Menard County has 13.1.
How large is the hail on record for Menard County?: 45 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.