512
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$15K
Property damage
Hail in Carter County, Oklahoma: 512 recorded events between 1955 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #81 nationally and #18 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Carter County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Carter County is the 1990s, when 164 of the county's 512 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 Carter County archive, hail makes up 57.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #81 for this hazard and #18 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 97.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Carter County with 188 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | ARDMORE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | ARDMORE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | ARDMORE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | ARDMORE | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | ARDMORE | 1 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | ARDMORE | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | ARDMORE | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | FOX | 1 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | LONE GROVE | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | TATUMS | 2 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Carter County
- Thunderstorm Wind 268
- Tornado 65
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Severe thunderstorms moved across southern and central Oklahoma during the evening, dropping large hail in several areas and producing damaging winds in Carter County. Hail as large as golf balls was reported in Graham in Carter County, in Walters in Cotton County, five miles southwest of Madill in Marshall County, in Waurika in Jefferson County, and one mile southeast of Taylor in Cotton County. Severe thunderstorm winds in Dickson in Carter County downed three inch tree limbs.
Thunderstorms developed in northern, western, and central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 5th and spread into portions of southern Oklahoma. These storms produced hail up to quarter-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a large metal hay shed seven miles northwest of Alva, blew a grain bin 75 feet, and downed numerous tree limbs one mile north of Renfrow, knocked down power lines in Enid, knocked down three-inch-diameter tree limbs three miles east of Renfrow and broke off tree limbs eight miles west-southwest of Davis. Lightning started a fire in a home in the 5700 block of Irvine Drive in the Oak Tree Addition in Edmond that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Lightning started a fire which produced minor damage to a warehouse on north Santa Fe in Oklahoma City. Lightning started two oil tank battery fires northwest of Enid. Lightning started a small fire in a house in Alva. Lightning killed two horses in Lexington. The horses were worth around $5,000 each.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Carter County, Oklahoma?
512 hail events are recorded in Carter County between 1955 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Carter County?
The strongest hail on record in Carter County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Carter 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 Carter County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/carter-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.