72
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$128K
Property damage
Hail in Barbour County, Alabama: 72 recorded events between 1967 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,837 nationally and #45 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Barbour County, Alabama: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Barbour County is the 2000s, when 35 of the county's 72 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Barbour County archive, hail makes up 27.8% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,837 for this hazard and #45 within Alabama, putting it in the 40.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Barbour County with 22 recorded events, while Sep is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2023 | CLAYTON | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | TERESE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | ALSTON | 2.5 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | EUFAULA | 2.5 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | BLUE SPGS | 1.5 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | AKINSVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 6, 2012 | MT ANDREW | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 27, 2011 | EUFAULA | 1.5 | $0 |
| Mar 26, 2011 | EUFAULA | 2 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2008 | ALSTON | 0.88 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Barbour County
- Thunderstorm Wind 128
- Tornado 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A supercell thunderstorm moved across Barbour County producing very large hail and some tree damage. Dime to baseball size hail fell along the path of the storm. Many locations reported accumulations of hail on the ground. Several trees were also blown down and many trees received damage from the large hail. This was the same storm that produced the F0 tornado south of Clayton.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Barbour County, Alabama?
72 hail events are recorded in Barbour County between 1967 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Barbour County?
The strongest hail on record in Barbour County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Barbour County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Barbour County, Alabama.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/alabama/barbour-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.