284
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$5.0M
Property damage
Hail in Saline County, Nebraska: 284 recorded events between 1956 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #348 nationally and #28 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Saline County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Saline County is the 2000s, when 142 of the county's 284 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 Saline County archive, hail makes up 53.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #348 for this hazard and #28 within Nebraska, putting it in the 88.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Saline County with 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 | DORCHESTER | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | SHESTAK | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 11, 2022 | DORCHESTER | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | WILBER MUNI ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | TOBIAS | 2 | $0 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | FRIEND | 1 | $0 |
| May 13, 2022 | DE WITT | 2.5 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | DORCHESTER | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 23, 2021 | FRIEND | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 5, 2021 | DORCHESTER | 1.5 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Saline County
- Thunderstorm Wind 151
- Flood 41
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Baseball-size hail was reported on the east side of Friend. The hail covered the ground and produced moderate damage to trees and vehicles. Crop damage in some fields was up to 70 percent. Power was out in Friend for several hours. Many homes received roof damage. Some windows were also broken.
Several reports of large hail, some very large, were received from about 6 miles northeast of Western to in and around Wilber. Emergency management reported hail up to 2 inches in diameter from Wilber to near 6 miles west of Wilber, while a storm chaser reported hail to 2.75 inches in diameter to the northeast of Western to just north of Wilber.
Hail, in some cases a little larger than golf ball-size even measured a few hours after the storm, caused scattered crop damage near Friend. There were still some small drifts of hail left in the fields a few hours after the storm as well.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Saline County, Nebraska?
284 hail events are recorded in Saline County between 1956 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Saline County?
The strongest hail on record in Saline County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Saline 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 Saline County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/saline-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.