Hail events in Shackelford 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 152 hail events on record for Shackelford 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 19 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

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles E of ALBANY

Jun 8 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles E of ALBANY

May 6 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ALBANY

May 3 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At ALBANY

Mar 8 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of ALBANY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At FT GRIFFIN

May 20 2022

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At FT GRIFFIN

May 3 2021

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At FT GRIFFIN

Apr 15 2021

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile SE of FT GRIFFIN

May 21 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALBANY

Apr 11 2020

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

5 miles ENE of ALBANY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

8 miles NNW of IBEX

Mar 17 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALBANY

Jun 16 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of ALBANY

Mar 26 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At FT GRIFFIN

May 18 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

19 miles SSW of ACAMPO

May 28 2016

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

6 miles WNW of SEDWICK

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles NW of IBEX

May 11 2016

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At SEDWICK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MORAN

Sep 11 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ENE of ALBANY

May 16 2015

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

15 miles SW of ACAMPO

May 8 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALBANY

May 7 2015

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MORAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MORAN

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 Shackelford 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	1	0	0	0	1
1960s	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	5
1980s	2	1	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	5	18
1990s	4	2	1	5	3	0	7	2	4	2	30
2000s	5	4	15	3	14	1	5	3	4	1	55
2010s	0	6	2	1	0	12	4	1	1	1	28
2020s	4	2	1	4	0	1	1 (part of the year)				13

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
Mar12 events
Apr42 events
May64 events
Jun21 events
Jul0 events
Aug1 event
Sep3 events
Oct5 events
Nov2 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Shackelford County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	39
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	40
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	60
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	11
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: Shackelford County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Shackelford	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	152	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	16.6	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	473.2	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 Shackelford County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
6 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	2.25 in	none	County
26 Apr 2015	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 2015	Hail	4.50 in	none	County
18 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 2012	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
23 Apr 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2008	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Nov 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Jun 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 2006	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Nov 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Jun 2004	Hail	2.75 in	$20 thousand	County
4 Jun 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	3.00 in	$100 thousand	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	2.75 in	$400 thousand	County
30 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	2.00 in	$800 thousand	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
20 Mar 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jun 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	2.00 in	$1 thousand	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Oct 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Oct 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Oct 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Sep 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Apr 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Mar 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Mar 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Feb 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Sep 1999	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
10 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Mar 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Oct 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 1996	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
30 May 1996	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Feb 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Oct 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$5.0 million	County
13 Apr 1993	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 May 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Jun 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Aug 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1980	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
1 May 1980	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
21 May 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 May 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1976	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
23 May 1976	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
28 May 1965	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
4 Jun 1961	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
24 May 1956	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 Shackelford County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/shackelford/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 Shackelford County?: May has 64 of the 152 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 Shackelford County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Shackelford County has 16.6.
How large is the hail on record for Shackelford County?: 73 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.