Hail events in Upton 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 159 hail events on record for Upton County, Texas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 29 Apr 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 29 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

Apr 29 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile S of RANKIN ARPT

Apr 28 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

9 miles SW of MIDKIFF

Apr 19 2025

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

6 miles E of RANKIN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of RANKIN ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of MC CAMEY

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile S of MC CAMEY UPTON CO AR

May 30 2024

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

14 miles NNW of RANKIN ARPT

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

14 miles NNW of RANKIN ARPT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

20 miles WSW of MIDKIFF

May 28 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MC CAMEY UPTON CO AR

May 16 2024

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile S of RANKIN ARPT

Jun 23 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of MC CAMEY

Apr 10 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SW of RANKIN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

5 miles E of MC CAMEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SW of RANKIN. Damage estimate: $500

May 25 2019

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At MC CAMEY UPTON CO AR

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At MC CAMEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At MC CAMEY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At MC CAMEY

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At MC CAMEY

Hail2.75 in, baseball size

At MC CAMEY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MC CAMEY UPTON CO AR

Apr 23 2019

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of RANKIN ARPT

Mar 28 2017

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

12 miles N of RANKIN

May 17 2016

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

9 miles NE of RANKIN. Damage estimate: $500

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 Upton 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1980s	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	14
1990s	2	1	4	14	8	8	8	4	1	4	54
2000s	5	1	7	3	4	6	2	11	0	3	42
2010s	7	2	1	0	1	5	5	1	0	8	30
2020s	3	0	0	1	5	6	0 (part of the year)				15

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
Mar17 events
Apr35 events
May70 events
Jun21 events
Jul5 events
Aug2 events
Sep2 events
Oct5 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Upton County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	41
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	50
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	60
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	6
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: Upton County beside the total of the counties of Texas and of the United States
Measure	Upton	All counties of Texas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	159	55,503	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	12.8	21.2	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	487.0	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 Upton County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
17 May 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Apr 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 May 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Oct 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 May 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Sep 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Apr 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Oct 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Mar 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
4 Jul 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Jul 2005	Hail	1.50 in	$35 thousand	County
14 Jun 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Oct 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Mar 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Mar 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	$3 thousand	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Apr 2000	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
22 Mar 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 2000	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
22 Feb 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Apr 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 1997	Hail	2.00 in	$900 thousand	County
28 Jun 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Apr 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
13 May 1996	Hail	not recorded	$20 thousand	County
10 May 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1996	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	County
21 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Oct 1995	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
31 Oct 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Jun 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1995	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
28 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 May 1995	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
5 Jul 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$505 thousand	County
25 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$10 thousand	County
12 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 May 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$55 thousand	County
29 May 1993	Hail	1.00 in	$500	County
29 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
29 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$550	County
29 May 1993	Hail	2.00 in	$6 thousand	County
22 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$100	County
7 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$1 thousand	County
7 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
7 May 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$500	County
13 Apr 1993	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
10 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1992	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 1992	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 1992	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 May 1991	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 May 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Apr 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Jun 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 May 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 Mar 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Mar 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 Mar 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jun 1985	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 May 1985	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 May 1982	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 Apr 1981	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1969	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Jun 1967	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Apr 1960	Hail	2.75 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: 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 Upton County, Texas". https://countyhazards.com/county/tx/upton/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 Upton County?: May has 70 of the 159 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 Upton County compare with the other counties of Texas?: The counties of Texas have 21.2 hail events for each 100 square miles. Upton County has 12.8.
How large is the hail on record for Upton County?: 67 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.