68
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$273K
Property damage
Hail in Jefferson County, Mississippi: 68 recorded events between 1969 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,896 nationally and #55 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jefferson County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jefferson County is the 2000s, when 28 of the county's 68 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 Jefferson County archive, hail makes up 25.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,896 for this hazard and #55 within Mississippi, putting it in the 39.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Mar is the peak month for hail in Jefferson County with 16 recorded events, while Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2024 | ELMO | 1 | $20K |
| Jun 15, 2023 | UNION CHURCH | 1 | $20K |
| Jan 3, 2023 | STAMPLEY | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | LORMAN | 1.5 | $10K |
| Apr 13, 2019 | UNION CHURCH | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 21, 2018 | UNION CHURCH | 1 | $15K |
| Jan 22, 2017 | CHURCH HILL | 1.75 | $5K |
| Mar 31, 2016 | UNION CHURCH | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 17, 2016 | FAYETTE | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 17, 2016 | FAYETTE | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Jefferson County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A supercell thunderstorm, which previously produced two tornadoes, continued to track east-northeast across central Jefferson county. This storm produced a swath of nickel to quarter sized hail from near Church Hill to just northeast of Fayette.
The public reported several large trees down around Cedar Hill, House Springs, and between Highways 30 and 21. Four mobile homes suffered damaged to their roofs north of Hillsboro injuring three people. Wind gusts near De Soto reached 70 mph knocking down trees and damaging homes along County Road H.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jefferson County, Mississippi?
68 hail events are recorded in Jefferson County between 1969 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jefferson County?
The strongest hail on record in Jefferson County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/jefferson-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.