158
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.0M
Property damage
Hail in Gosper County, Nebraska: 158 recorded events between 1956 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 4. That places the county #874 nationally and #76 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Gosper County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Gosper County is the 2000s, when 47 of the county's 158 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 Gosper County archive, hail makes up 57.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #874 for this hazard and #76 within Nebraska, putting it in the 71.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Gosper County with 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2024 | JOHNSON RES | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jul 6, 2024 | JOHNSON RES | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 4, 2024 | SMITHFIELD | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 4, 2024 | SMITHFIELD | 2 | $100K |
| May 4, 2024 | ELWOOD | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 4, 2024 | ELWOOD | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | SMITHFIELD | 0.75 | $0 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | SMITHFIELD | 0.88 | $0 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | ELWOOD | 0.88 | $0 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | ELWOOD | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Gosper County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Satellite imagery reveals a swath of what was presumably at least golf ball size hail and likely up to baseball size hail that stretched from extreme southeastern Gosper County to central Phelps County on the afternoon of June 30th. The path was about 2 to 3 miles wide.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Gosper County, Nebraska?
158 hail events are recorded in Gosper County between 1956 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Gosper County?
The strongest hail on record in Gosper County measured 4.
Where does the hail data for Gosper 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 Gosper County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/gosper-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.