Severe Weather History


Washington Hail History: 395 Recorded Events

395

Recorded events

31

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$10.6M

Property damage

Washington hail history: 395 recorded events across 31 counties between 1955 and 2024.

Decade by decade

Washington hail history by decade

Washington hail history: recorded events per decade
Washington hail history: recorded events per decade

The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 146 reported hail events across Washington. 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 Washington

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Spokane County440$274K1963–2023
#2Okanogan County360$10.0M1973–2022
#3Stevens County310$24K1955–2023
#4Pend Oreille County250$3K1997–2023
#5Yakima County220$200K1993–2015
#6Chelan County220$01963–2023
#7Whitman County220$15K1997–2022
#8Asotin County210$1K1961–2022
#9Walla Walla County210$5K1958–2019
#10Grant County170$51K1968–2015
#11Douglas County160$10K1956–2023
#12Benton County140$01970–2019
#13Garfield County120$10K1976–2021
#14Klickitat County120$01998–2024
#15Lincoln County110$01955–2024
#16Columbia County100$01991–2021
#17Adams County100$1K1982–2022
#18Ferry County100$01992–2023
#19Kittitas County70$02006–2015
#20Clark County70$8K1976–2008
#21Franklin County50$01955–2012
#22King County40$01972–2008
#23Thurston County30$01983–1997
#24Snohomish County30$02001–2006
#25Cowlitz County30$5K2003–2022
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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