195
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$25K
Property damage
Hail in Sherman County, Texas: 195 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3.6. That places the county #649 nationally and #110 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Sherman County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Sherman County is the 2010s, when 71 of the county's 195 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 Sherman County archive, hail makes up 60.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #649 for this hazard and #110 within Texas, putting it in the 79.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Sherman County with 82 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 7, 2025 | STRATFORD | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | TEXHOMA | 3.6 | $10K |
| Jun 19, 2024 | MALLETT | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 19, 2024 | TEXHOMA | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | MALLETT | 0.75 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2023 | MALLETT | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2023 | MALLETT | 0.75 | $0 |
| Aug 6, 2023 | MALLETT | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2023 | LAUTZ | 2.5 | $0 |
| May 29, 2023 | LAUTZ | 0.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Sherman County
- Thunderstorm Wind 79
- Tornado 43
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Sherman County during the evening hours of the 16th. As this storm moved southeastward over the town of Stratford (Sherman County), a trained storm spotter reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inches). After producing this hail the storm continued moving southeastward across the county.
A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Sherman County during the evening hours of the 16th. As this storm moved southeastward towards the town of Gruver (Hansford County), a storm chaser reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) 14 miles west of Gruver (Sherman County). After producing this hail the storm continued moving southeastward across the county.
Northwestward merging thunderstorms were developing across Sherman County during the late afternoon hours of the 7th. A storm chaser reported nickel size hail (0.88 inch) with one such merger 3 miles to the north of the town of Stratford (Sherman County). After producing this hail the merged thunderstorms changed direction and began moving to the southeast.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Sherman County, Texas?
195 hail events are recorded in Sherman County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Sherman County?
The strongest hail on record in Sherman County measured 3.6.
Where does the hail data for Sherman 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 Sherman County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/sherman-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.