Severe Weather History


Oregon Hail History: 856 Recorded Events

856

Recorded events

32

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$49.2M

Property damage

Oregon hail history: 856 recorded events across 32 counties between 1955 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Oregon hail history by decade

Oregon hail history: recorded events per decade
Oregon hail history: recorded events per decade

The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 328 reported hail events across Oregon. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most hail events in Oregon

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Deschutes County1610$9.0M1982–2025
#2Union County900$2K1958–2024
#3Umatilla County890$1K1969–2024
#4Jackson County630$01960–2021
#5Crook County520$20.0M1987–2023
#6Wallowa County390$01956–2024
#7Jefferson County370$20K1958–2023
#8Klamath County330$1K1961–2020
#9Grant County330$52K1982–2023
#10Morrow County310$01957–2015
#11Malheur County260$01970–2023
#12Baker County260$01955–2023
#13Wheeler County220$01957–2022
#14Lake County150$01958–2018
#15Lane County150$01962–2024
#16Wasco County140$01987–2020
#17Clackamas County140$60K1996–2025
#18Douglas County120$01989–2020
#19Gilliam County110$20.0M1991–2019
#20Harney County110$01998–2019
#21Linn County110$10K1958–2022
#22Josephine County90$01995–2015
#23Washington County80$1K1963–2023
#24Sherman County80$01963–2024
#25Multnomah County60$10K1991–2008
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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