70
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Piscataquis County, Maine: 70 recorded events between 1966 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 2. That places the county #1,868 nationally and #7 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Piscataquis County, Maine: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Piscataquis County is the 2000s, when 26 of the county's 70 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 Piscataquis County archive, hail makes up 21.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,868 for this hazard and #7 within Maine, putting it in the 40.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for hail in Piscataquis County with 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2023 | WELLINGTON | 1.75 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2023 | WELLINGTON | 2 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2023 | KINGSBURY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | (3B1)GREENVILLE ARPT | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | GREENVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 2, 2020 | KINGSBURY | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2019 | KOKADJO | 1.5 | $0 |
| Aug 29, 2018 | CHESUNCOOK | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2018 | SHIRLEY MILLS | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2017 | SEBEC | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Piscataquis County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A severe thunderstorm dropped dime-size hail, downed trees, and washed out roads in Milo. A weather spotter in Milo reported 3.56 inches of rain in one hour and fifteen minutes. The thunderstorm blew down trees and dropped quarter-size hail on the nearby community of Sebec.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Piscataquis County, Maine?
70 hail events are recorded in Piscataquis County between 1966 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Piscataquis County?
The strongest hail on record in Piscataquis County measured 2.
Where does the hail data for Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County, Maine.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/maine/piscataquis-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.