Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Hail in Platte County, Missouri

321

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$1.4M

Property damage

Hail in Platte County, Missouri: 321 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #270 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Hail in Platte County, Missouri: events per decade

Hail in Platte County, Missouri: recorded events per decade
Hail in Platte County, Missouri: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Platte County is the 2010s, when 125 of the county's 321 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 Platte County archive, hail makes up 48.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #270 for this hazard and #11 within Missouri, putting it in the 91.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

0Jan
0Feb
32Mar
89Apr
112May
32Jun
13Jul
13Aug
20Sep
5Oct
2Nov
3Dec

May is the peak month for hail in Platte County with 112 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

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Sep 17, 2025PARKVILLE1$0
Jul 17, 2025NORTHMOOR1$0
May 19, 2025MILTON1$0
May 19, 2025(MCI)KS CITY INTL AR1.25$0
Oct 25, 2024PLATTE CITY1$0
May 8, 2024LINDEN1$0
Sep 23, 2023BEAN LAKE1$0
Sep 23, 2023BEAN LAKE1$0
Sep 23, 2023PLATTE CITY1$0
Jul 14, 2023FERRELVIEW1$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many hail events are on record in Platte County, Missouri?

321 hail events are recorded in Platte County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Platte County?

The strongest hail on record in Platte County measured 3.

Where does the hail data for Platte 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.

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“Hail in Platte County, Missouri.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/missouri/platte-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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