370
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$740K
Property damage
Hail in Ochiltree County, Texas: 370 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #200 nationally and #38 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Ochiltree County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Ochiltree County is the 2000s, when 120 of the county's 370 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 Ochiltree County archive, hail makes up 62.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #200 for this hazard and #38 within Texas, putting it in the 93.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Ochiltree County with 135 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2009 | PERRYTON MUNI ARPT | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2025 | FARNSWORTH | 2.75 | $10K |
| Sep 9, 2025 | PERRYTON MUNI ARPT | 2.5 | $50K |
| Sep 9, 2025 | FARNSWORTH | 1.25 | $0 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | PERRYTON | 3.5 | $100K |
| Jun 7, 2025 | PERRYTON | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2025 | WAKA | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | PERRYTON | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | PERRYTON MUNI ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2024 | TWICHELL | 2 | $5K |
| May 2, 2024 | PERRYTON | 2 | $5K |
Other hazards here
More from Ochiltree County
- Thunderstorm Wind 126
- Tornado 72
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Person reported broken windows to house from large hail blowing in from the west. The largest hail was ping pong ball size with lots of quarters present. Vehicles received dents and tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter were blown/knocked down.
Hail fell in and along the south side of Perryton. Quarter size hail fell near the Southwest Loop Road and Spur 192 and additional quarter size hail fell along Indiana Street. The largest hail that fell was golfball size just south of town.
A slow moving supercell moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the northeastern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 22nd. As the supercell moved towards Wolf Creek Park (Ochiltree County), a local law enforcement official reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inches) in the park. After producing this hail the supercell continue it's slow track southward across the eastern Texas Panhandle.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Ochiltree County, Texas?
370 hail events are recorded in Ochiltree County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Ochiltree County?
The strongest hail on record in Ochiltree County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/ochiltree-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.