47
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Hail in Adair County, Kentucky: 47 recorded events between 1968 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 2. That places the county #2,295 nationally and #63 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Adair County, Kentucky: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Adair County is the 2000s, when 17 of the county's 47 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 Adair County archive, hail makes up 18.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,295 for this hazard and #63 within Kentucky, putting it in the 26.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Adair County with 12 recorded events, while Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2024 | COLUMBIA | 1 | $0 |
| Jan 1, 2022 | COLUMBIA | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jan 1, 2022 | WEED | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | COLUMBIA | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | FLATWOOD | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | GRADYVILLE | 1.5 | $0 |
| Apr 6, 2017 | COLUMBIA | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 11, 2016 | CANE VLY | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 11, 2016 | ABSHER | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 13, 2015 | BLISS | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Adair County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
An extensive hail storm brought widespread damaging hail to Adair County with insurance claims for automobiles and homes expected to exceed 1 million dollars. In Columbia, over 150 skylights at a Wal-Mart were smashed. A lengthy swath of hail fell from a supercell thunderstorm that traveled from Nell, over 10 miles southwest of Columbia, through Columbia. Extensive damage to windows, siding, roofs and gutters was noted along a west to east path along State Highway 80 southwest of Columbia, and near the intersection of State Highways 704 and 55 just south of town.
Extensive hail damage was surveyed from several miles southwest of Columbia through Columbia in Adair County. Hail damage was maximized in Columbia where a home had hail break through the roof. A Wal-Mart store had 160 skylights damaged. According to the survey, hail damaged almost every windshield from the Metcalfe/Adair county line through Columbia.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Adair County, Kentucky?
47 hail events are recorded in Adair County between 1968 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Adair County?
The strongest hail on record in Adair County measured 2.
Where does the hail data for Adair 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 Adair County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/adair-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.