Hail in Ness County, Kansas

Hail in Ness County, Kansas: 435 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #136 nationally and #29 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Ness County is the 2000s, when 150 of the county's 435 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 Ness County archive, hail makes up 61.4% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #136 for this hazard and #29 within Kansas, putting it in the 95.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for hail in Ness County with 162 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.

• Thunderstorm Wind 176
• Tornado 46

How many hail events are on record in Ness County, Kansas?

435 hail events are recorded in Ness County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Ness County?

The strongest hail on record in Ness County measured 4.5.

Where does the hail data for Ness 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.