Hail events in Caledonia County, Vermont 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 64 hail events on record for Caledonia County, Vermont, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 7 Jul 2023.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 7 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

Jul 7 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles E of DANVILLE

Jun 21 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ST JOHNSBURY

Jun 25 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SW of ST JOHNSBURY CENTER

May 31 2017

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At PASSUMPSIC

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of EAST HARDWICK

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NW of HARDWICK

Jul 18 2016

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles E of LOWER WATERFORD

Aug 4 2015

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At LYNDONVILLE

Jul 19 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At NEWARK HOLLOW

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of BROWN ARPT

Jul 8 2014

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At LYNDONVILLE

Jul 4 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WALDEN

May 16 2012

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At LYNDONVILLE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At HARDWICK

Sep 4 2011

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At SHEFFIELD

Jun 1 2011

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of RYEGATE

May 26 2011

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile SW of WEST BARNET

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At EAST BARNET

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of WEST WATERFORD. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile S of DANVILLE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles NW of WEST WATERFORD

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At PEACHAM

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At PASSUMPSIC

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NNE of DANVILLE

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of ST JOHNSBURY

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 Caledonia 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1990s	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	0	9
2000s	2	1	1	0	0	3	4	5	2	0	18
2010s	5	15	3	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	32
2020s	0	1	0	1	0	0	0 (part of the year)				2

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
Feb0 events
Mar0 events
Apr1 event
May21 events
Jun17 events
Jul19 events
Aug2 events
Sep4 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Caledonia County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	19
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	33
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	11
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	0
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: Caledonia County beside the total of the counties of Vermont and of the United States
Measure	Caledonia	All counties of Vermont	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	64	832	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	9.9	9.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	21.1	12.9	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 Caledonia County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
26 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
26 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$50 thousand	County
21 Jul 2010	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	$15 thousand	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	1.50 in	$5 thousand	County
5 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jun 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Aug 2007	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Jun 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Jul 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 May 2005	Hail	0.00 in	$1 thousand	County
29 May 2005	Hail	0.00 in	$1 thousand	County
3 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jul 2000	Hail	not recorded	none	County
7 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Sep 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Sep 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Jul 1998	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
7 Jul 1997	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Jul 1994	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Apr 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 Jun 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1987	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 1979	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1964	Hail	1.50 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: Burlington, VT (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 Caledonia County, Vermont". https://countyhazards.com/county/vt/caledonia/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 Caledonia County?: May has 21 of the 64 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Vermont?: NCEI has 836 hail events on record for Vermont from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Caledonia County compare with the other counties of Vermont?: The counties of Vermont have 9.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Caledonia County has 9.9.
How large is the hail on record for Caledonia County?: 11 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.