48
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Loving County, Texas: 48 recorded events between 1964 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4. That places the county #2,275 nationally and #242 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Loving County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Loving County is the 2000s, when 15 of the county's 48 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 Loving County archive, hail makes up 60.0% of all recorded severe weather across 4 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,275 for this hazard and #242 within Texas, putting it in the 26.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Loving County with 17 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 7, 2025 | MENTONE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2025 | MENTONE | 1 | $0 |
| May 4, 2024 | MENTONE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | RED BLUFF RES | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | MENTONE | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 29, 2021 | MENTONE | 1 | $0 |
| May 29, 2021 | MENTONE | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 28, 2021 | RED BLUFF RES | 2 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | MENTONE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | MENTONE | 1 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A left-moving supercell produced large hail along a swath from Mentone to near the Texas and New Mexico border in northern Loving County. Initial reports indicated penny size hail in Mentone and just east of the city along Texas Highway 302. A rancher reported golfball size hail fell in rural areas of the county before the storm moved over the state line. No damage was reported.
At 18:53 CST, the Loving County Emergency Manager reported half dollar size hail in Mentone. The swath of large hail and its parent severe thunderstorm continued east across southern Loving County. By 19:30 CST, local officials reported penny size hail that covered Interstate 20 fifteen miles east-northeast of Mentone. The accumulating hail resulted in slick driving conditions along the interstate.
An isolated and long lived low precipitation supercell moved south across the New Mexico state line and into West Texas. An NWS COOP observer reported golfball size hail near Red Bluff Lake on the Reeves/Loving County line.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Loving County, Texas?
48 hail events are recorded in Loving County between 1964 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Loving County?
The strongest hail on record in Loving County measured 4.
Where does the hail data for Loving 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 Loving County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/loving-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.