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Childress, TX hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Childress city centroid, 1950 to present.

153hail events since 1950
112≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1962-06-18
2024-05-30most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 1 0.75" (penny)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2020 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2017 4 3.00" (tea cup)
2016 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 1 2.50" (tennis ball)
2014 5 2.75" (baseball)
2013 6 2.75" (baseball)
2012 6 1.75" (golf ball)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-04-23 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 1.1 mi
2024-06-27 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 1.1 mi
2024-05-30 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 1.1 mi
2024-05-30 Hail 1.25" 4 mi
2023-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 1.1 mi
2023-07-13 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 9.9 mi
2023-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 1.1 mi
2023-04-09 Hail 0.75" 7.7 mi
2023-02-26 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 1.1 mi
2022-08-04 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 5 mi

2025-04-23: “Both Childress municipal airport and the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured severe wind gusts spanning from 2256 CST through 2316 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 was measured at 2313 CST and 2316 CST.”

2024-06-27: “The Automated Surface Observing System at Childress Municipal Airport measured a severe wind gust to 65 mph.”

2024-05-30: “A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured severe wind gusts from 0741 CST through 0746 CST. A peak wind gust of 81 mph was measured at 0744 CST. Additionally, the Automated Surface Observing System at Childress Municipal Airport measured a wind gust of 63 mph at 0745 CS”

Disputing a claim at a Childress address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12