158
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$320K
Property damage
Hail in Nowata County, Oklahoma: 158 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 3. That places the county #874 nationally and #76 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Nowata County, Oklahoma: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Nowata County is the 1990s, when 57 of the county's 158 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 Nowata County archive, hail makes up 34.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #874 for this hazard and #76 within Oklahoma, putting it in the 71.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Nowata County with 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2025 | SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 26, 2024 | DELAWARE | 2 | $15K |
| May 22, 2024 | SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR | 0.75 | $0 |
| Sep 6, 2023 | LENAPAH | 0.75 | $0 |
| Nov 25, 2020 | WANN | 1.5 | $15K |
| Jul 12, 2020 | SOUTH COFFEEVILLE AR | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2020 | NOWATA | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | ELLIOT | 1.75 | $10K |
| Mar 29, 2019 | LENAPAH | 1 | $0 |
| Oct 9, 2017 | NOWATA | 0.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Nowata County
- Thunderstorm Wind 202
- Tornado 43
- Flash Flood 43
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
There were several reports of extremely large hail from Nowata County. First, there were two reports of baseball-sized hail 2 and 3 miles east of Lenapah at 415 PM CDT, while another report noted golfball-sized hail between Nowata and Coffeyville at 410 PM CDT.
Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware.
Severe thunderstorms redeveloped during the late afternoon hours on March 28th in the northeast Oklahoma counties of Osage, Nowata, and Washington. A storm in northern Nowata County produced a small F0 tornado which briefly touched down between Lenapah and Delaware at 1800 CST. Severe thunderstorm winds blew an Oklahoma Highway patrol vehicle off United States Highway 169 just north of Lenapah. Large hail also accompanied the storms. Nickel- to golfball-size hail fell in a narrow row swath from Bartlesville to 2 miles west of South Coffeyville, and golfball-size hail covered the ground at the Hulah Reservoir four miles northeast of Bowring. Dime- to quarter-size hail fell at several other locations in Nowata and Washington Counties.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Nowata County, Oklahoma?
158 hail events are recorded in Nowata County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Nowata County?
The strongest hail on record in Nowata County measured 3.
Where does the hail data for Nowata 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 Nowata County, Oklahoma.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/oklahoma/nowata-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.