102
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$43K
Property damage
Hail in Borden County, Texas: 102 recorded events between 1961 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 4.25. That places the county #1,413 nationally and #181 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Borden County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Borden County is the 2000s, when 37 of the county's 102 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 Borden County archive, hail makes up 48.6% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,413 for this hazard and #181 within Texas, putting it in the 54.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Borden County with 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2024 | LAKE J B THOMAS | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 3, 2024 | GAIL | 2 | $0 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | GAIL | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 19, 2021 | GAIL | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 19, 2021 | GAIL | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 19, 2021 | GAIL | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 19, 2021 | GAIL | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 4, 2021 | GAIL | 1.5 | $400 |
| May 3, 2021 | GAIL | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jun 5, 2020 | GAIL | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Borden County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Although sparsely populated, most of the people of north-central Borden County were pounded by this HP Supercell south of the mesocyclone. Numerous reports of broken windows in houses and vehicles were received. Animals including one coyote and one deer were killed by the hail as well as numerous rabbits, plus cattle had deep injuries and two horses had an eye put out by the wind-driven large hail.
A rancher in southern Borden County, while conversing with National Weather Service meteorologists conducting a damage survey, described tennis ball size hail that fell at his residence for at least thirty minutes. The ranch house is located near Farm to Market Road 1785 west of Lake J.B. Thomas. The hail pounded crops in the area as the man and his wife watched a large tornado (see the next event entry) track to the southeast and south of their home.
Hail up to the size of hen eggs was reported at Lake J.B. Thomas. The hail caused minor damage and broke limbs off trees. Although significant agricultural losses were not reported, there are numerous pecan orchards in the vicinity of the lake.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Borden County, Texas?
102 hail events are recorded in Borden County between 1961 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Borden County?
The strongest hail on record in Borden County measured 4.25.
Where does the hail data for Borden 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 Borden County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/borden-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.