666
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.4M
Property damage
Hail in Osage County, Oklahoma: 666 recorded events between 1958 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #34 nationally and #7 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Osage County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Osage County is the 1990s, when 239 of the county's 666 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 Osage County archive, hail makes up 44.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #34 for this hazard and #7 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 98.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Osage County with 186 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 | SKIATOOK ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | OKESA | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | FORAKER | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SKIATOOK | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | PAWHUSKA | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | OKESA | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | PAWHUSKA | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | WOLCO | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | WOLCO | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | SAND SPGS | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Osage County
- Thunderstorm Wind 624
- Tornado 118
- Flash Flood 69
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of July 15th. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged 1 building and 1 house and downed several trees and power poles 4 miles west of Okemah. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 61 miles an hour at 61st Street South and Yale Avenue in the city of Tulsa and to 60 miles an hour 2 miles southwest of Hitchita. Golfball size hail broke windshields on the west side of Claremore, and dime to quarter size hail fell at numerous other locations in eastern Oklahoma. The storms also produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in Tulsa and Rogers Counties. Street flooding occurred in the west part of the city of Tulsa near and south of downtown, with as much as 6 inches of water over the roadway at 21st Street South and Southwest Boulevard. Street flooding also occurred in Inola.
Severe thunderstorms developed in Osage County of northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon and early evening of July 20th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at Pawhuska and Pershing, and quarter-size hail fell near Tallant. Nickel to quarter-size hail fell at Tallant, and dime-size hail fell at Pawhuska, 5 miles north of Pawhuska, and 5 miles west of Grainola.
Severe thunderstorms developed in Osage County of northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon and early evening of July 20th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at Pawhuska and Pershing, and quarter-size hail fell near Tallant. Nickel to quarter-size hail fell at Tallant, and dime-size hail fell at Pawhuska, 5 miles north of Pawhuska, and 5 miles west of Grainola.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Osage County, Oklahoma?
666 hail events are recorded in Osage County between 1958 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Osage County?
The strongest hail on record in Osage County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Osage 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 Osage County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/osage-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.