Hail events in Motley 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 183 hail events on record for Motley County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 25 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 30 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 25 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NE of MATADOR

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles WNW of ROARING SPGS

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

8 miles W of ROARING SPGS

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

9 miles WSW of MATADOR

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles WSW of WHITEFLAT

Apr 24 2025

Hail5.00 in, grapefruit size

6 miles WSW of MATADOR

May 3 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles S of WHITEFLAT

Jun 21 2023

Hail4.50 in, grapefruit size

At MATADOR

Jun 1 2022

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

1 mile NE of MATADOR

May 31 2022

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile ENE of MATADOR

May 4 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles S of WHITEFLAT

May 28 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles NE of FLOMOT

May 17 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

6 miles ENE of FLOMOT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MATADOR

Mar 22 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles NNE of SUMMIT

Jul 9 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At NORTHFIELD

May 15 2020

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NE of FLOMOT

Jul 8 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MATADOR

May 24 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MATADOR

Dec 26 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MATADOR

May 17 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles ENE of FLOMOT

May 15 2018

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At ROARING SPGS

May 13 2018

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At NORTHFIELD

Apr 30 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SSE of ROARING SPGS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MATADOR

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 Motley 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	1	0	0	0	0	1
1960s	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
1970s	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
1980s	2	3	3	2	0	4	1	0	0	9	24
1990s	2	2	2	1	0	13	8	0	1	9	38
2000s	4	6	7	8	6	9	6	1	8	7	62
2010s	4	3	5	3	2	4	3	2	6	2	34
2020s	2	4	3	1	1	6	0 (part of the year)				17

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
Feb2 events
Mar5 events
Apr35 events
May75 events
Jun52 events
Jul8 events
Aug2 events
Sep1 event
Oct2 events
Nov0 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Motley County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	43
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	71
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	16
4 in and larger	softball and larger	3

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: Motley County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Motley	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	183	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	18.5	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	1,715.1	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 Motley County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
10 May 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 Mar 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jul 2016	Hail	0.75 in	$100 thousand	County
23 May 2016	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
23 May 2016	Hail	2.50 in	$400	County
8 May 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	$150 thousand	County
16 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
23 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2013	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
27 May 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2013	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Sep 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 2012	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
6 Jun 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2012	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2010	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2009	Hail	2.00 in	$25 thousand	County
14 Jun 2009	Hail	2.50 in	$25 thousand	County
13 Jun 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jul 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2006	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jul 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 2005	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
12 May 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Apr 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$25 thousand	County
12 Aug 2004	Hail	0.75 in	$300 thousand	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
1 Jul 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
12 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
12 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
22 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
19 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
15 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	2.00 in	$850 thousand	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	2.75 in	$250 thousand	County
10 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
10 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
10 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
10 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$75 thousand	County
5 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$30 thousand	County
5 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$40 thousand	County
5 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$40 thousand	County
29 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$25 thousand	County
2 May 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2000	Hail	3.50 in	$25 thousand	County
24 Feb 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Feb 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$100 thousand	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 1996	Hail	1.25 in	$50 thousand	County
26 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 1996	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
6 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1995	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
31 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 May 1995	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
5 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Apr 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
12 Jun 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
12 Jun 1989	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Mar 1989	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 May 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Oct 1985	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
25 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1983	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
20 May 1983	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 1982	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 May 1982	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
8 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1981	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 1980	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1976	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Mar 1973	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 1972	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1969	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 1961	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
3 May 1961	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
3 May 1960	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1955	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: Lubbock, 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 Motley County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/motley/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 Motley County?: May has 75 of the 183 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 Motley County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Motley County has 18.5.
How large is the hail on record for Motley County?: 90 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.