136
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.0M
Property damage
Hail in Gasconade County, Missouri: 136 recorded events between 1959 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #1,039 nationally and #62 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Gasconade County, Missouri: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Gasconade County is the 2000s, when 50 of the county's 136 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 Gasconade County archive, hail makes up 44.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,039 for this hazard and #62 within Missouri, putting it in the 66.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Gasconade County with 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2024 | SWISS | 2.25 | $0 |
| May 8, 2024 | BEM | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | PERSHING | 1.5 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | HERMANN | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | GASCONADE | 1.5 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BLAND | 2 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BAY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | OWENSVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| May 20, 2018 | PERSHING | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 10, 2017 | ROSEBUD | 0.88 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Gasconade County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Hail up to 2 inches in diameter pounded parts of Owensville. Initial reports estimated the damage to be at least 1 million. The storm cut a relatively narrow swath from the industrial park on the north side to town, then to the south-southeast through Memorial Park and the Oak Brook Subdivision. In the Industrial Park, businesses suffered varying degrees of damage to roofs, vent tops and gutters. Windows were broken at homes including one large window at the Gasconade Manor Nursing Home. At Owensville High School, skylights in the gymnasium roof were cracked and two large air conditioner coils damaged. Numerous vehicles were damaged. Insurance company officials commented that most vehicles had $2,000 or more in damages.
A wide swath of large hail from from Mount Sterling eastward to Rosebud. Baseball sized hail was reported in Mount Sterling, one inch hail was reported in Owensville, and one and a quarter inch hail was reported in Rosebud.
Numerous trees were blown down and large branches snapped. The winds also damaged several mobile homes, sheds, and roofs. The damage was most concentated in a two mile wide path in the north half of the county from the Gasconade River to Swiss. At the intersection of Old Iron Road and Highway 19, strong winds ripped part of the roof off a house. A school building at the east end of County Road NN also lost part of its roof. Three unanchored mobile homes on County Road NN at the north edge of Swiss were blown into each other. Elsewhere in the county strong winds tore away part of the roof off several sheds in Morrison and bent television antennas.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Gasconade County, Missouri?
136 hail events are recorded in Gasconade County between 1959 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Gasconade County?
The strongest hail on record in Gasconade County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Gasconade 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 Gasconade County, Missouri.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/missouri/gasconade-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.