109
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$97K
Property damage
Hail in Jeff Davis County, Texas: 109 recorded events between 1966 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4. That places the county #1,336 nationally and #177 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jeff Davis County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jeff Davis County is the 2000s, when 49 of the county's 109 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 Jeff Davis County archive, hail makes up 60.9% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,336 for this hazard and #177 within Texas, putting it in the 56.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Jeff Davis County with 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2025 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | FT DAVIS | 0.75 | $0 |
| May 27, 2023 | FT DAVIS | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 26, 2023 | FT DAVIS | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 26, 2023 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
| May 26, 2023 | FT DAVIS | 1.25 | $0 |
| Oct 10, 2022 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | FT DAVIS | 1 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A hail storm hit the Village Farms Tomato Greenhouse south of Fort Davis. The huge greenhouses total over 83,000 glass panes, but luckily only 500 panes were broken by the hail. Much of the hail was around golfball size, but there was some baseball size. This storm developed after the first cluster had moved away from the mountains. Its structure was only impressive for a short time as it moved over this area.
Penny size hail was reported by the staff at the McDonald Observatory at 00:30 CST. Severe storms developed southward during the next half hour, and produced quarter size hail along Texas Highway 118 and in Fort Davis by 01:00 CST. This hail persisted over the city until 01:20 CST.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jeff Davis County, Texas?
109 hail events are recorded in Jeff Davis County between 1966 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jeff Davis County?
The strongest hail on record in Jeff Davis County measured 4.
Where does the hail data for Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/jeff-davis-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.