267
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Knox County, Texas: 267 recorded events between 1957 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #387 nationally and #66 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Knox County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Knox County is the 1990s, when 89 of the county's 267 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 Knox County archive, hail makes up 56.4% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #387 for this hazard and #66 within Texas, putting it in the 87.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Knox County with 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | GOREE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | MUNDAY | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | MUNDAY | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | MUNDAY | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | KNOX CITY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | KNOX CITY | 3 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | KNOX CITY | 1 | $0 |
| May 4, 2024 | KNOX CITY | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2024 | KNOX CITY | 1.5 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2024 | KNOX CITY | 1.25 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Knox County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Strong thunderstorms in the western portions of north Texas during the afternoon and evening hours on the 12th produced a tornado, hail up to softball-size and damaging winds. Hail up to baseball-size from two miles east of Margaret to three miles southwest of Lockett broke many windows and windshields. The hail accumulated up to six inches deep in places and stripped pecan trees of leaves and pecans and destroyed much of the cotton crop. Golf ball-size hail broke windows and windshields just north of Vernon, broke windshields just north of Seymour and destroyed the roof of a house and severely damaged a car, a pickup and a camper three miles east of Seymour. Hail up to golf ball-size covered the ground in Chillicothe. Baseball-size hail broke windows 10 miles southwest of Crowell. Hail up to golf ball-size damaged the surface of tennis courts and the roofs of the Chillicothe schools. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged irrigation equipment five miles west of Lockett.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Knox County, Texas?
267 hail events are recorded in Knox County between 1957 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Knox County?
The strongest hail on record in Knox County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Knox 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 Knox County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/knox-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.