439
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$26K
Property damage
Hail in McCurtain County, Oklahoma: 439 recorded events between 1956 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #129 nationally and #23 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in McCurtain County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in McCurtain County is the 2000s, when 113 of the county's 439 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 McCurtain County archive, hail makes up 42.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #129 for this hazard and #23 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 95.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in McCurtain County with 126 recorded events, while Dec 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1996 | WRIGHT CITY | 2.75 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | IDABEL | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | REDLAND | 2 | $0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | NORTH VALIANT | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | WATSON | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | BROKEN BOW | 1 | $0 |
| May 26, 2025 | BROKEN BOW | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 20, 2025 | IDABEL | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 20, 2025 | BROKEN BOW | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 20, 2025 | BATTIEST | 0.88 | $0 |
| May 18, 2025 | BROKEN BOW ARPT | 0.88 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from McCurtain County
- Thunderstorm Wind 394
- Flash Flood 107
- Tornado 71
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Severe thunderstorms in eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 16th produced hail up to baseball- size. Golf ball-size hail broke car windshields 12 miles northeast of Broken Bow. McCurtain County 8 NNE Broken Bow,18,0020CST,,,0,0,?,?,Thunderstorm Winds (G52)
Thunderstorms developed in southwest Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 25th and spread east and northeast during the day. The storms produced one tornado, hail up to golf ball-size and damaging winds. A tornado developed 0.5 miles west of Albion at 1758 CST and moved northeast approximately 1.2 miles before moving into extreme southeast Latimer County at 1803 CST. The tornado destroyed a barn, several outbuildings, blew a porch down, damaged a satellite dish, and damaged the roof of a house. Strong thunderstorm winds blew out the windshield of a school bus which was travelling west on Interstate 40 three miles east of Canute. The driver of the bus was injured by the flying glass. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a large barn five miles north of Perry, destroyed a recently completed barn and snapped off a power pole six miles north northeast of Perry and downed several trees near Broken Bow. Quarter size hail covered the ground in Cordell.
Thunderstorms developed in southwest Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 25th and spread east and northeast during the day. The storms produced one tornado, hail up to golf ball-size and damaging winds. A tornado developed 0.5 miles west of Albion at 1758 CST and moved northeast approximately 1.2 miles before moving into extreme southeast Latimer County at 1803 CST. The tornado destroyed a barn, several outbuildings, blew a porch down, damaged a satellite dish, and damaged the roof of a house. Strong thunderstorm winds blew out the windshield of a school bus which was travelling west on Interstate 40 three miles east of Canute. The driver of the bus was injured by the flying glass. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a large barn five miles north of Perry, destroyed a recently completed barn and snapped off a power pole six miles north northeast of Perry and downed several trees near Broken Bow. Quarter size hail covered the ground in Cordell.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in McCurtain County, Oklahoma?
439 hail events are recorded in McCurtain County between 1956 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in McCurtain County?
The strongest hail on record in McCurtain County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for McCurtain 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.
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“Hail in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/mccurtain-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.