Hail events in Midland 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 463 hail events on record for Midland County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 22 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 140 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

Jun 22 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles ENE of MIDLAND

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles SSE of MIDLAND

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles WSW of MIDLAND

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles WNW of MIDLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSW of MIDLAND

May 23 2026

Hail0.75 in, penny size

6 miles N of MIDLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles SE of (MAF) MIDLAND INTL

Jun 8 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of GREENWOOD

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile W of MIDLAND

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles WNW of MIDLAND

Apr 4 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NW of MIDLAND

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

4 miles NW of MIDLAND

May 30 2024

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

4 miles NNE of (MAF) MIDLAND INTL. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

14 miles SW of SPRABERRY

Hail4.00 in, softball size

6 miles S of MIDLAND

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles W of MIDLAND. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

4 miles NNW of WARFIELD

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

4 miles WSW of MIDLAND. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile NE of (MAF) MIDLAND INTL. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At MIDLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

7 miles NNW of WARFIELD

May 16 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles SW of MIDLAND

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles NNE of (MAF) MIDLAND INTL

Apr 27 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles SSE of SPRABERRY

Oct 3 2023

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

4 miles NNE of MIDLAND

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 Midland 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	2	1	1	2	6
1960s	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	3	5	17
1970s	1	1	3	4	2	0	1	2	1	5	20
1980s	2	3	4	2	0	2	1	3	4	10	31
1990s	9	9	13	10	19	10	4	15	2	7	98
2000s	6	8	17	12	14	8	7	14	4	14	104
2010s	8	4	3	2	4	19	7	34	8	28	117
2020s	8	7	12	19	12	5	7 (part of the year)				70

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
Feb3 events
Mar28 events
Apr79 events
May173 events
Jun97 events
Jul21 events
Aug14 events
Sep21 events
Oct18 events
Nov7 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Midland County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	128
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	177
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	135
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	21
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: Midland County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Midland	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	463	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	51.4	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	27.6	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 Midland County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
3 Oct 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Oct 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Oct 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
2 Jun 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
19 May 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 May 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	2.50 in	$500	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	4.00 in	none	0	County
24 May 2022	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
27 May 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
27 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 May 2021	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
19 May 2021	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
17 May 2021	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
17 May 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 May 2021	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Jun 2020	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
11 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 May 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
13 May 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
30 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
23 Apr 2019	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
31 Jul 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	2.50 in	$1 thousand	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
3 Jun 2018	Hail	2.50 in	$20 thousand	0	County
23 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
16 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
6 May 2015	Hail	2.75 in	$3 thousand	0	County
11 Apr 2009	Hail	2.00 in	$161 million	1	County
11 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	0	County
9 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	0	County
9 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	0	County
30 Mar 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	0	County
4 Jul 2005	Hail	1.50 in	$35 thousand	0	County
23 Sep 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
13 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	0	County
13 Aug 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	0	County
13 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$8.0 million	0	County
17 Jun 1998	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	0	County
14 May 1997	Hail	2.75 in	$30 thousand	0	County
24 Sep 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$2.5 million	0	County
24 Sep 1995	Hail	1.50 in	$10 thousand	0	County
19 Nov 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$500	0	County
19 Nov 1994	Hail	0.88 in	$500	0	County
13 Jul 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	0	County
26 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$505 thousand	0	County
25 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$505 thousand	0	County
12 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$500	0	County
11 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$50	0	County
23 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$500	0	County
28 Apr 1993	Hail	2.75 in	$501 thousand	0	County

The site keeps 144 of the 463 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: Midland/Odessa (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 Midland County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/midland/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 Midland County?: May has 173 of the 463 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 Midland County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Midland County has 51.4.
How large is the hail on record for Midland County?: 158 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.