449
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$3.8M
Property damage
Hail in Rush County, Kansas: 449 recorded events between 1958 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 6. That places the county #121 nationally and #25 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Rush County, Kansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Rush County is the 2000s, when 180 of the county's 449 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 Rush County archive, hail makes up 63.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #121 for this hazard and #25 within Kansas, putting it in the 96.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Rush County with 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | RUSH CENTER | 1.25 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2026 | LA CROSSE HOOVER ARP | 1.5 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2026 | LA CROSSE HOOVER ARP | 1.25 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2026 | MC CRACKEN | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | SHAFFER | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 20, 2025 | LIEBENTHAL | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | OTIS | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | MC CRACKEN | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | NEKOMA | 1 | $0 |
| May 28, 2023 | RUSH CENTER | 1.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Rush County
- Thunderstorm Wind 140
- Tornado 53
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Widespread severe weather continued from eastern Colorado, spreading across Rush county during the midnight hour. One person escaped injury by crawling out of bed! Golf ball size hail driven by 70 mph wind smashed through the window and window blind and passed by a man's head as he lay in bed. After the event, hail and glass shreds covered the bed. Loss to wildlife and some livestock across the county was heavy. There was a report of several dead cattle and many injured cow and horses. One-hundred thousand acres of wheat were mowed down, 3,500 acres of corn damaged and 4,000 acres of alfalfa destroyed (first cutting). $480,000 in damage was done to farm equipment across the county (included in the $2.48m)
The hail broke out 20 windows at the Rush county courthouse. Two patrol cars had their windshields broken out. Windows were also broken out of the St. Michaels Catholic Church…along with numerous homes and businesses.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Rush County, Kansas?
449 hail events are recorded in Rush County between 1958 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Rush County?
The strongest hail on record in Rush County measured 6.
Where does the hail data for Rush 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 Rush County, Kansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kansas/rush-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.