318
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$152K
Property damage
Hail in Armstrong County, Texas: 318 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #277 nationally and #47 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Armstrong County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Armstrong County is the 2000s, when 107 of the county's 318 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 Armstrong County archive, hail makes up 62.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #277 for this hazard and #47 within Texas, putting it in the 91.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Armstrong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2025 | CLAUDE | 4.25 | $20K |
| Jun 8, 2025 | WASHBURN | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 7, 2024 | WAYSIDE | 1.5 | $30K |
| Jun 21, 2023 | GOODNIGHT | 2.75 | $0 |
| May 11, 2022 | CLAUDE | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 10, 2022 | CLAUDE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | GOODNIGHT | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | WASHBURN | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 17, 2021 | CLAUDE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 13, 2021 | CLAUDE | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Armstrong County
- Thunderstorm Wind 115
- Tornado 48
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Large hail fell for about 15 minutes at an outdoor adventure park on the north rim of the canyon with the largest hail up to around ping pong size. At least 3 RVs were damaged and had skylights broken out. Porta potties were also blown about 40 feet from the thunderstorm winds.
A supercell thunderstorm slowly moved through and south of Claude. It produced a swath of hail ranging from quarter size to grapefruit size. The largest hailstones that measured 3.5 inches and 4.25 inches occurred around ten miles south of Claude.
Discrete thunderstorms developed across Armstrong County during the afternoon hours of the 8th. As these thunderstorms approached the town of Washburn (Armstrong County), a trained storm spotter reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inches). After producing this hail the storms continued to move to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Armstrong County, Texas?
318 hail events are recorded in Armstrong County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Armstrong County?
The strongest hail on record in Armstrong County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Armstrong 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 Armstrong County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/armstrong-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.