332
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.4M
Property damage
Hail in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma: 332 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #249 nationally and #44 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Okmulgee County is the 1990s, when 114 of the county's 332 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 Okmulgee County archive, hail makes up 44.3% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #249 for this hazard and #44 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 92.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Okmulgee County with 97 recorded events, while Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2025 | HECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Oct 18, 2025 | HECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | GRAYSON | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 5, 2025 | HENRYETTA | 1.5 | $20K |
| Apr 4, 2025 | COALTON | 1.75 | $20K |
| Jul 4, 2024 | BEGGS | 1.5 | $25K |
| May 21, 2024 | OKMULGEE ARPT | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 7, 2024 | BEGGS | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | SCHULTER | 2 | $25K |
| Mar 14, 2024 | SCHULTER | 2 | $15K |
Other hazards here
More from Okmulgee County
- Thunderstorm Wind 244
- Flash Flood 82
- Tornado 60
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Very large golfball to baseball-sized hail caused extensive damage throughout the city of Okmulgee. The combination of very large hail and strong thunderstorm winds knocked out numerous windows. Several hundred homes and business sustained roof damage. The Okmulgee Times daily newspaper quoted the police chief as saying that the hailstorm "knocked out about half the windows in town." Windows were knocked out of many cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot, and many city vehicles had their windows knocked out. Two buildings at OSU-Okmulgee were extensively damaged. Other buildings on the campus had broken windows, while the campus greenhouse was nearly destroyed by the large hail and wind. The Okmulgee School District alone had about $300,000 in damage. The middle school suffered extensive roof damage and damage to the floor. The Board building suffered extensive glass breakage and roof damage. Fifteen buses received damage, and the steel roof at Eastside was damaged. Westside and Banneker each sustained roof damage, and the high school had minor roof damage to its new building.
Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in northeast Oklahoma during the late morning and early afternoon of October 7th and produced large hail. Quarter-size hail fell 4 miles south southwest of Bristow, nickel-size hail fell 8 miles south of Bristow, and dime-size hail fell at Boley and 10 miles west of Okmulgee.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma?
332 hail events are recorded in Okmulgee County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Okmulgee County?
The strongest hail on record in Okmulgee County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/okmulgee-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.