341
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.3M
Property damage
Hail in Mayes County, Oklahoma: 341 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #238 nationally and #42 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Mayes County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Mayes County is the 1990s, when 125 of the county's 341 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 Mayes County archive, hail makes up 41.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #238 for this hazard and #42 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 92.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Mayes County with 95 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 | ROSE | 1 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | STRANG | 2 | $25K |
| May 18, 2025 | PRYOR | 1.75 | $30K |
| May 18, 2025 | PRYOR | 1 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | PRYOR | 1.75 | $30K |
| May 26, 2024 | MAZIE | 0.88 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | SPAVINAW | 4 | $25K |
| Mar 14, 2024 | PRYOR | 1.75 | $25K |
| Mar 14, 2024 | SALINA | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | PRYOR | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Mayes County
- Thunderstorm Wind 325
- Tornado 92
- Flash Flood 56
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
At 627 PM CDT, there was a report of golfball-sized hail 5 miles west of Pryor. At 635 PM CDT, there was a report of quarter-size (1" diameter) hail 5 miles west of Pryor. At 640 PM CDT, there was a report of baseball-sized hail 2 miles west of Pryor.
Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 100 miles an hour just south of Wynona blew a car off a highway into a bar ditch. Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in Pawnee and blew down several large tree limbs seven miles northeast of Barnsdall. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour five miles south of Bartlesville and five miles east of Inola. Quarter-size hail fell at Wynona, at Broken Arrow, and five miles south of Bartlesville. Dime to quarter-size hail fell two miles east of Chouteau, and dime to nickel- size hail fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.
Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early morning of October 20th and produced large hail. Nickel-size hail fell at Vera, dime- to nickel-size hail fell at Claremore, and dime-size hail fell at Collinsville and 1 mile east of Chouteau.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
341 hail events are recorded in Mayes County between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Mayes County?
The strongest hail on record in Mayes County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Mayes 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 Mayes County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/mayes-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.