59
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$501K
Property damage
Hail in Benton County, Indiana: 59 recorded events between 1975 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.25. That places the county #2,062 nationally and #60 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Benton County, Indiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Benton County is the 2000s, when 33 of the county's 59 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 Benton County archive, hail makes up 27.2% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,062 for this hazard and #60 within Indiana, putting it in the 33.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Benton County with 14 recorded events, while Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | OXFORD | 1 | $0 |
| May 27, 2019 | OXFORD | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 27, 2019 | ATKINSON | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 19, 2015 | SWANINGTON | 1.75 | $0 |
| Sep 20, 2014 | EARL PARK | 0.88 | $0 |
| Sep 19, 2013 | WADENA | 1.5 | $0 |
| Aug 10, 2012 | TALBOT | 1.25 | $0 |
| Mar 23, 2012 | RAUB | 0.75 | $0 |
| Nov 14, 2011 | FOWLER | 0.75 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2011 | BOSWELL | 2 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Benton County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Hail as large as softballs produced catastrophic damage to crops from near Boswell east and southeast to the Warren County line south of Templeton. An estimated 5,000 acres of corn crop was destroyed. The hail also caused significant roof damage to many houses.
A slow moving thunderstorm moved from east central Illinois into Benton county during the afternoon of August 18th. This thunderstorm produced hail to the size of grapefruit 3 miles north of Otterbein, where several windows and a roof of a house were damaged. Hail to the size of tennis balls flattened about 15,000 acres of corn and soybeans north of Oxford.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Benton County, Indiana?
59 hail events are recorded in Benton County between 1975 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Benton County?
The strongest hail on record in Benton County measured 4.25.
Where does the hail data for Benton 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 Benton County, Indiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/indiana/benton-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.