Hail events in Wood County, Wisconsin 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 139 hail events on record for Wood County, Wisconsin, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 24 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 43 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 24 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At RUDOLPH

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NNW of MARSHFIELD MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of MARSHFIELD

Apr 13 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of MARSHFIELD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At VESPER

Jun 29 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SSE of BIRON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of WISCONSIN RAPIDS

Mar 28 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles N of BAKERVILLE

May 18 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of WISCONSIN RAPIDS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of WISCONSIN RAPIDS

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At ALEXANDER SOUTHWD AR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SE of PORT EDWARDS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile SE of NEKOOSA

Oct 24 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NE of HEWITT

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SE of MARSHFIELD

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles NE of HEWITT

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At HEWITT

Hail2.25 in, hen egg size

1 mile SE of MARSHFIELD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of MARSHFIELD

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

At NASONVILLE

Sep 20 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles SE of CRANMOOR

May 18 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At HEWITT

Apr 12 2022

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ALEXANDER SOUTHWD AR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PORT EDWARDS

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNW of WISCONSIN RAPIDS

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 Wood 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
1970s	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1980s	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	11
1990s	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	7	0	13
2000s	2	3	0	0	3	2	7	6	9	2	34
2010s	5	8	6	0	5	5	5	4	2	1	41
2020s	8	2	6	7	5	3	5 (part of the year)				36

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
Mar7 events
Apr17 events
May35 events
Jun22 events
Jul23 events
Aug15 events
Sep10 events
Oct9 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Wood County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	60
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	53
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	23
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
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: Wood County beside the total of the counties of Wisconsin and of the United States
Measure	Wood	All counties of Wisconsin	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	139	9,251	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	17.5	17.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	18.8	15.7	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 Wood County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
12 Apr 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Jun 2021	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Aug 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
24 Aug 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Aug 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
8 Aug 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jul 2020	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Jun 2020	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Oct 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jul 2018	Hail	0.80 in	none	County
25 Jul 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jul 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 Jun 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Aug 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2015	Hail	3.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2015	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
2 Aug 2015	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
8 Jun 2015	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Aug 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
1 Aug 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Jul 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
26 Jul 2014	Hail	2.25 in	$50 thousand	County
7 May 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Nov 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Oct 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Sep 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 Jul 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
6 Sep 2010	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
6 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Sep 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 May 2010	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jul 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2007	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2007	Hail	5.50 in	$45 million	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Mar 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
27 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 Aug 2004	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 May 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 May 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Sep 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Mar 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
25 Sep 1998	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 1998	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Mar 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 Jul 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Aug 1995	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Jul 1994	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 Sep 1992	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 May 1989	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 May 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1984	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
27 Apr 1984	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
17 Sep 1983	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 1981	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1974	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
8 Jun 1973	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jul 1968	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
25 Aug 1961	Hail	1.00 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: Green Bay, WI (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 Wood County, Wisconsin". https://countyhazards.com/county/wi/wood/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 Wood County?: May has 35 of the 139 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Wisconsin?: NCEI has 9,265 hail events on record for Wisconsin from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Wood County compare with the other counties of Wisconsin?: The counties of Wisconsin have 17.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Wood County has 17.5.
How large is the hail on record for Wood County?: 26 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.