57
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$6.0M
Property damage
Hail in Perry County, Missouri: 57 recorded events between 1971 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2. That places the county #2,095 nationally and #112 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Perry County, Missouri: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Perry County is the 2000s, when 23 of the county's 57 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 Perry County archive, hail makes up 22.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,095 for this hazard and #112 within Missouri, putting it in the 32.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Perry County with 15 recorded events, while Dec 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 16, 2025 | PERRYVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | FARRAR | 1.5 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | LONGTOWN | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | PERRYVILLE | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | PERRYVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | LITHIUM | 1.5 | $0 |
| Oct 25, 2021 | PERRYVILLE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 4, 2020 | CROSSTOWN | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 8, 2020 | UNIONTOWN | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 8, 2020 | PERRYVILLE | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Perry County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
An extensive hailstorm pounded much of Perry County with hailstones up to 2 inches in diameter, which is slightly bigger than a golf ball. In downtown Perryville, hailstones measuring up to 2 inches in diameter fell for 10 to 12 minutes. Insurance companies estimated damage in excess of 5 million dollars. Windows were broken out of homes and vehicles, skylights were broken, and vinyl siding was damaged. Most of the hail damage in Perryville was on the southern side of town. At the Perry County Sheriff Department, all the police vehicles were dented, and a skylight in the main cell block broke. All 200 vehicles at an auto dealership near I-55 and Route 51 received damage, including some broken windshields.
KSGM Radio reported golf ball-size hail at Silver Lake and the county sheriff reported golf ball-size hail later at Biehle. Heavy rain also produced flash flooding southwest of Perryville where as much as six inches of water covered several area roads.
Trained spotters reported large hail from quarter size to ping-pong ball size. The large hail occurred in a west to east swath around the Perryville airport. The large hail accompanied a supercell thunderstorm across northern Perry County. Damaging winds and a brief tornado occurred just slightly south of the hail swath.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Perry County, Missouri?
57 hail events are recorded in Perry County between 1971 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Perry County?
The strongest hail on record in Perry County measured 2.
Where does the hail data for Perry 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 Perry County, Missouri.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/missouri/perry-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.