Nebraska Hail Statistics

Nebraska averages 462 reports of 1-inch or larger hail a year, on 63.4 hail days. That ranks 4th of 51 and is 6% of all such reports in the US. Hail peaks in June.

Data: NOAA Storm Events, 2021–2025 yearly averages

462Reports of 1-inch+ hail a year, 4th most

63.4Hail days a year, 3rd most

6.00 inLargest stone reported, May 29, 2022

When hail falls in Nebraska

515 hail reports a year in all, 83.2 of them 2 inches or larger.
The most reports of 1-inch+ hail: Douglas County, about 21.2 a year.
The most reports come in June; nationally the peak is May.

Share of Nebraska hail reports by month, 2021–2025.

Hail by county in Nebraska

93 counties with at least one hail report, 2021–2025. Yearly averages, sorted by 1-inch+ reports. More people means more reports, so populous counties tend to rank higher.

Hail statistics by county in Nebraska. Column headers sort the table.

Douglas	21.2	21.2	3.8	3.00 in
Cherry	18.8	20.4	8.2	4.00 in
Lincoln	18.2	19.0	7.0	4.00 in
Sheridan	13.8	14.6	6.4	4.00 in
Hitchcock	13.6	17.2	6.4	4.25 in
Scotts Bluff	12.8	15.2	5.6	4.00 in
Lancaster	11.8	11.8	3.8	3.50 in
Custer	11.0	11.6	5.8	3.00 in
Red Willow	10.2	14.0	5.6	4.00 in
Buffalo	10.2	11.6	5.6	4.00 in
Cheyenne	10.0	11.4	4.6	3.00 in
Dodge	10.0	10.2	2.6	4.50 in
Morrill	9.8	10.6	4.2	4.00 in
Platte	9.8	10.4	4.0	3.00 in
Furnas	8.0	10.8	5.0	3.00 in
Box Butte	7.4	7.8	2.8	4.30 in
Cass	7.0	7.0	2.8	2.75 in
Keith	6.8	7.6	4.2	4.00 in
Dundy	6.6	9.4	5.6	2.75 in
Dawes	6.6	6.6	3.6	2.50 in
Dawson	6.4	8.2	3.6	4.00 in
Holt	6.2	7.0	4.0	4.00 in
Saunders	6.2	6.4	3.2	2.75 in
Clay	6.0	7.2	3.6	4.00 in
Sioux	6.0	7.0	4.0	4.00 in
Kimball	5.6	5.8	2.8	3.50 in
Seward	5.6	5.8	2.4	3.00 in
Knox	5.6	5.6	3.4	2.50 in
Chase	5.4	5.6	3.4	3.00 in
Madison	5.4	5.4	2.6	3.50 in
Frontier	5.2	5.8	3.4	3.00 in
Perkins	5.2	5.6	3.4	3.50 in
Washington	5.0	5.0	2.0	4.00 in
Gage	5.0	5.0	2.0	5.00 in
Nemaha	4.8	4.8	2.2	2.75 in
Adams	4.6	5.8	3.4	2.75 in
Brown	4.6	5.0	2.8	2.25 in
Garden	4.6	4.6	2.2	4.00 in
Garfield	4.6	4.6	2.0	2.50 in
Butler	4.4	4.4	2.0	2.75 in
Kearney	4.2	5.2	2.8	4.00 in
York	4.2	4.4	2.0	2.50 in
Hall	4.0	6.0	3.6	2.00 in
Nuckolls	4.0	4.8	2.8	2.50 in
Pawnee	4.0	4.2	2.0	4.50 in
Sarpy	4.0	4.0	2.0	4.50 in
Hamilton	3.8	5.6	3.2	2.50 in
Rock	3.8	4.0	2.6	3.00 in
Boone	3.8	3.8	1.8	2.50 in
Otoe	3.8	3.8	1.8	3.00 in
Franklin	3.6	4.2	2.8	2.50 in
Harlan	3.6	4.0	2.2	3.00 in
Phelps	3.6	4.0	2.0	2.75 in
Pierce	3.6	3.6	2.2	3.25 in
Keya Paha	3.4	4.4	2.2	2.75 in
Sherman	3.0	3.6	2.6	3.50 in
Thayer	3.0	3.4	2.4	2.50 in
Webster	3.0	3.4	1.8	2.75 in
Loup	3.0	3.0	1.4	6.00 in
Hayes	2.8	3.0	2.2	3.25 in
Jefferson	2.8	3.0	1.8	2.50 in
Polk	2.8	3.0	2.2	2.00 in
Cedar	2.8	2.8	1.8	3.00 in
Valley	2.6	2.8	2.0	2.00 in
Antelope	2.6	2.6	2.0	1.75 in
Gosper	2.4	4.2	2.0	2.00 in
Johnson	2.4	2.6	1.8	2.00 in
Logan	2.4	2.4	1.8	4.00 in
Banner	2.2	3.0	2.0	2.00 in
Thomas	2.2	2.6	1.2	1.75 in
Grant	2.2	2.4	1.6	2.75 in
Fillmore	2.0	2.6	1.4	2.50 in
Arthur	2.0	2.4	1.2	3.75 in
Stanton	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.50 in
Saline	2.0	2.0	1.6	2.50 in
Colfax	2.0	2.0	1.2	2.75 in
Boyd	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.75 in
Hooker	2.0	2.0	1.0	4.00 in
Dixon	1.8	3.6	2.0	2.00 in
Richardson	1.8	1.8	1.6	4.00 in
McPherson	1.8	1.8	1.6	3.00 in
Howard	1.6	3.0	2.4	2.75 in
Nance	1.6	2.4	1.6	2.75 in
Blaine	1.6	1.8	1.6	1.75 in
Deuel	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.50 in
Merrick	1.2	1.8	1.0	1.75 in
Greeley	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.00 in
Burt	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.25 in
Wayne	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.50 in
Dakota	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.50 in
Wheeler	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.25 in
Cuming	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.00 in
Thurston	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.75 in

About these numbers

Hail reports from the NOAA Storm Events Database, 2021–2025, averaged per year. These are reports to the National Weather Service, not every storm: places with more people report more hail. Full methodology.

Cite: Home Stats Data, "Nebraska Hail Statistics," https://homestatsdata.com/storm-risk/hail-statistics/nebraska/