86
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$106K
Property damage
Hail in Hopkins County, Kentucky: 86 recorded events between 1959 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,636 nationally and #14 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Hopkins County, Kentucky: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Hopkins County is the 2000s, when 36 of the county's 86 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 Hopkins County archive, hail makes up 24.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,636 for this hazard and #14 within Kentucky, putting it in the 47.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Hopkins County with 24 recorded events, while Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2025 | ST CHARLES | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 16, 2025 | DAWSON SPGS | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 8, 2024 | NORTONVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 8, 2024 | DAWSON SPGS | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | MADISONVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 9, 2023 | MADISONVILLE | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 9, 2023 | HANSON | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 7, 2023 | NORTONVILLE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2022 | DAWSON SPGS | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | DAWSON SPGS | 1.25 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Hopkins County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A swath of large hail occurred in association with a supercell across northeast Hopkins County. A couple miles northeast of Hanson, hailstones up to the size of golf balls produced depressions in freshly plowed farm fields. Cars were dented, and shingles were damaged. The ground was completely covered by hail following the storm. The large hail continued eastward to the Mclean County line.
Quarter size hail was observed in Madisonville. Golf-ball size hail was reported at exit 40 on the Pennyrile Parkway. This was the same storm that produced golf-ball size hail in the Dawson Springs and St. Charles areas earlier.
Quarter size hail occurred at the state police post along the Western Kentucky Parkway at mile marker 40. A few other reports of quarter to half-dollar size hail were received within a couple miles of White Plains during a National Severe Storms Lab (NSSL) experiment.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Hopkins County, Kentucky?
86 hail events are recorded in Hopkins County between 1959 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Hopkins County?
The strongest hail on record in Hopkins County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Hopkins 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 Hopkins County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/hopkins-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.