265
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$6K
Property damage
Hail in Love County, Oklahoma: 265 recorded events between 1958 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.25. That places the county #390 nationally and #62 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Love County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Love County is the 1990s, when 72 of the county's 265 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 Love County archive, hail makes up 58.2% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #390 for this hazard and #62 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 87.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Love County with 78 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 28, 2026 | LEON | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | OVERBROOK | 0.75 | $0 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | THACKERVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | THACKERVILLE | 2.5 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | THACKERVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 22, 2025 | BURNEYVILLE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | MARIETTA | 1 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | BURNEYVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| May 19, 2025 | RUBOTTOM | 2.75 | $0 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | MARIETTA | 0.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in central Oklahoma, then spread into southern Oklahoma and continued through the evening. Numerous reports of golf ball-size hail were received, including in Tecumseh in Pottawatomie County three miles east of Payne in McClain County, in Moore, in Cleveland County, and in Messer, in Choctaw County. In Carter County, in Ardmore, two separate storms produced golf ball-size hail at 1830 CST and 2050 CST. In addition, severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a gas station canopy in Allen, in Pontotoc County.
Severe thunderstorms in portions of the panhandle and southern Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 12th produced hail up to golf ball-size and damaging lightning. Dime-size hail covered the ground in Rush Springs and golf ball-size hail covered the ground two miles east of Rubottom. A lightning strike produced a hole in the roof of a house in Lone Grove. Lightning struck a tree in Ringling.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Love County, Oklahoma?
265 hail events are recorded in Love County between 1958 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Love County?
The strongest hail on record in Love County measured 4.25.
Where does the hail data for Love 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 Love County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/love-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.