67
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.5M
Property damage
Hail in Covington County, Mississippi: 67 recorded events between 1962 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,910 nationally and #57 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Covington County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Covington County is the 2000s, when 35 of the county's 67 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 Covington County archive, hail makes up 15.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,910 for this hazard and #57 within Mississippi, putting it in the 38.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Covington County with 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2024 | MT OLIVE | 1 | $100K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | COLLINS JAYCEE ARPT | 1.5 | $500K |
| Apr 17, 2022 | SEMINARY | 1.75 | $500K |
| Mar 25, 2021 | MT OLIVE | 2.75 | $25K |
| Dec 16, 2019 | PICKERING | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 19, 2019 | COLLINS JAYCEE ARPT | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jul 12, 2016 | COLLINS | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 17, 2016 | SEMINARY | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 19, 2015 | HOT COFFEE | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 3, 2014 | SMITH | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Covington County
- Thunderstorm Wind 242
- Tornado 55
- Flash Flood 53
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The supercell thunderstorm, which moved across southeast Jefferson Davis county, moved across the entire central portion of Covington county from 6 miles south-southwest of Seminary to 6 miles north-northeast of Seminary. This storm produced hail from quarter to golf ball to baseball sized hail. The largest hail occurred around and just north of Seminary where baseball sized hail occurred. This large hail damaged several vehicles and homes. Also along the storms path, hail accumulated to a few inches deep.
This large supercell thunderstorm moved out of Southeast Smith county and tracked across the extreme Northeast corner of Covington county. Golf ball to Tennis ball sized hail fell along the Covington/Smith county line at Highway 37. The storm moved east-southeast into Northwest Jones county.
The long lived supercell thunderstorm continued into NW Covington county and tracked across the northern portion of the county producing a swath of penny to golf ball sized hail. The storm moved into SE Smith county a few miles N of Hot Coffee.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Covington County, Mississippi?
67 hail events are recorded in Covington County between 1962 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Covington County?
The strongest hail on record in Covington County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Covington 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 Covington County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/covington-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.