284
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$8K
Property damage
Hail in Jefferson County, Nebraska: 284 recorded events between 1957 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 3.5. That places the county #348 nationally and #28 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jefferson County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jefferson County is the 2000s, when 125 of the county's 284 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 Jefferson County archive, hail makes up 54.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #348 for this hazard and #28 within Nebraska, putting it in the 88.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Jefferson County with 79 recorded events, while Feb 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 23, 2026 | FAIRBURY | 2 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | FAIRBURY | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | FAIRBURY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | FAIRBURY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | FAIRBURY | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | PLYMOUTH | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | PLYMOUTH | 2 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | PLYMOUTH | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | SHEA | 1.25 | $0 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | STEELE CITY | 1.5 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Jefferson County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Hail between 1 inch and 3 inches in diameter fell from around 5 miles southwest of Fairbury into Fairbury. The hail fell from a multi-updraft supercell thunderstorm that moved across the area this afternoon and caused house and automobile damage.
Dime to Quarter size hail covered the ground south through southwest of Fairbury. Smaller hail fell into and just east of Fairbury around this time as well, and 1 to 2 inch hail accumulation on a highway east of town caused an accident which resulted in an injury (non-direct) around 400 pm cst.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jefferson County, Nebraska?
284 hail events are recorded in Jefferson County between 1957 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jefferson County?
The strongest hail on record in Jefferson County measured 3.5.
Where does the hail data for Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/jefferson-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.