Hail events in Polk 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 121 hail events on record for Polk County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 12 Jun 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 23 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 12 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At NEW HOPE

Mar 8 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile N of PROVIDENCE CAMP

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of LIVINGSTON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of LIVINGSTON MUNI ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NW of BLANCHARD

May 28 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of LIVINGSTON

May 16 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of BLANCHARD

May 9 2024

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

7 miles W of SEVEN OAKS

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of CORRIGAN

Feb 11 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NE of KICKAPOO

Apr 26 2023

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles ENE of SEVEN OAKS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MOSCOW

May 11 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of BLANCHARD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles S of CAMP RUBY. Damage estimate: $4 thousand

May 9 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile ESE of ONALASKA

Hail4.50 in, grapefruit size

1 mile ESE of ONALASKA

Mar 18 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LEGGETT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles NW of MARSTON

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles WSW of BLANCHARD

Apr 26 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At CORRIGAN

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At CORRIGAN

May 1 2016

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NE of BLANCHARD

Jan 8 2016

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At LEGGETT. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

May 11 2015

Hail0.75 in, penny size

6 miles ENE of ONALASKA

Apr 16 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of ALABAMA/COUSHATTA RES

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 Polk 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	1	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
1980s	1	2	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	11
1990s	0	1	2	0	5	7	5	11	2	5	38
2000s	1	2	5	7	5	5	4	1	2	5	37
2010s	0	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	17
2020s	0	2	0	2	5	5	0 (part of the year)				14

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

Jan6 events
Feb10 events
Mar14 events
Apr29 events
May33 events
Jun6 events
Jul1 event
Aug10 events
Sep2 events
Oct4 events
Nov2 events
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Polk County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	55
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	39
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	26
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

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: Polk County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Polk	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	121	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	11.4	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	23.3	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 Polk County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
28 Mar 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
30 Jan 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Jun 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2009	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
3 May 2009	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Oct 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
11 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$8 thousand	County
10 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	$25 thousand	County
10 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
21 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Aug 2005	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
29 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$4 thousand	County
22 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$4 thousand	County
22 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$4 thousand	County
19 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
31 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	$6 thousand	County
10 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$30 thousand	County
10 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
10 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	County
7 Apr 2004	Hail	1.50 in	$50 thousand	County
12 Jun 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Apr 2003	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
23 Feb 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
23 Feb 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$8 thousand	County
21 Feb 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
21 Feb 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
21 Feb 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
23 Dec 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
26 Aug 2002	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
3 Aug 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Mar 2002	Hail	1.50 in	$25 thousand	County
12 Oct 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
16 Apr 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
7 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
2 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	$15 thousand	County
3 Apr 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10 thousand	County
27 Feb 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
27 Feb 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
22 Jan 1999	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
17 Jul 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	County
11 Jan 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
23 Oct 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Sep 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Sep 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
15 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
27 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
27 Jan 1997	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
27 Jan 1997	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Aug 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	0.88 in	$5 thousand	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
12 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
17 Dec 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
17 Dec 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$5 thousand	County
17 Dec 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
2 Nov 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$3 thousand	County
31 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
31 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
20 Apr 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
22 Oct 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
2 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
15 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Nov 1992	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
25 May 1992	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1991	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Aug 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Apr 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Feb 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 May 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Feb 1981	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 1980	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
30 Mar 1976	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 1975	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Aug 1965	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: Houston/Galveston, 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 Polk County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/polk/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 Polk County?: May has 33 of the 121 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 Polk County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Polk County has 11.4.
How large is the hail on record for Polk County?: 27 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.