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Hail dates in Hidalgo County, Texas
The National Weather Service has recorded hail in Hidalgo County on 16 days since 2016 (58 separate reports, 52 of them quarter-size or larger). The largest stone on record was 3.00" (tea cup) on May 8, 2025; the most recent hail was May 8, 2025. Every row below is an official NWS record. Check hail at your exact address, free →
Every hail day in Hidalgo County since 2016
One row per day the NWS logged hail somewhere in the county. The narrative names the town; the free check below narrows it to your address.
| Date | Largest hail | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-08 | 3.00" (tea cup) | 15 | A member of the public reported 3 inch diameter (tea cup size) hail, via Facebook. The stone was oblong shape, with a width of 1.5 inches. |
| 2024-05-17 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 8 | A few golf ball size hail stones were observed. |
| 2024-05-13 | 2.75" (baseball) | 4 | Baseball size hail was reported between 2 and 3 miles southeast of McCook. No damage was reported at the time. |
| 2023-06-04 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A member of the public recorded a video showing quarter sized hail and gusty winds at a self car wash at the intersection of Canton and Raul Longoria. |
| 2023-05-29 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 3 | Local media received pictures of hail estimated to be the size of hen egg near Granjeno, TX. Time estimated by radar. |
| 2023-04-21 | 2.75" (baseball) | 14 | Up to an hour of continuous hail fell across the southern half of Hidalgo County, with the Pe��itas to La Joya to Mission area being hit exceptionally hard w… |
| 2022-05-24 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 1 | Social media reports of quarter to ping pong sized hail fell on the Palmview area in southwestern Hidalgo County around 4:22AM CDT on May 24th. There were ad… |
| 2020-06-18 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | Residents impacted by the same pulse-severe storm that damaged nine homes in a colonia along the Hidalgo/Starr County line just northwest of Sullivan City re… |
| 2020-05-08 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 2 | Golf ball size hail reported to the northwest of McAllen via MPING report and a social media report. |
| 2019-08-25 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | The daughter of a former NWS Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley employee reported quarter sized hail along N. 17th Street in McAllen. |
| 2019-06-24 | 0.88" (nickel) | 2 | In addition to damaging winds that were surging through the area, the County Emergency Management staff reported estimated nickel-sized hail with the same se… |
| 2019-05-14 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 2 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported in Alamo with the core of a severe thunderstorm that also produced damaging winds. Golf ball hail was reported … |
| 2017-04-17 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 1 | Public reported 1.5 inch hail near FM 2687 and Chihuahua in Zapata County. |
| 2017-04-02 | 0.75" (penny) | 1 | Public reported three quarter of an inch hail that lasted for 1 minute. |
| 2016-05-31 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | City of Pharr Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail south of Pharr. |
| 2016-03-09 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Quarter size hail was reported by the public via Facebook near the intersection of Business 83 and 23rd Street in McAllen. |
Hail days by year
| Year | Hail days | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 3.00" (tea cup) |
| 2024 | 2 | 12 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2023 | 3 | 18 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
Damaging wind in Hidalgo County
Thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more (the NWS severe threshold), 74 reports since 2016, strongest 96 mph. 3 tornadoes recorded in the county in the same period. Wind and tornado records are included in the extended report.
| Date | Peak gust | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-31 | 96 mph | 2 | Initial damage to tree limbs and some poorly built roofs in the Mission/Palmview area would intensify by the time the downburst reached t… |
| 2023-04-28 | 86 mph | 25 | A member of the public shared pictures with an NWS employee of significant damage to a mobile home trailer. The pictures show the mobile … |
| 2025-05-08 | 85 mph | 2 | Just after 7 PM CDT May 8, 2025, a strong microburst descended |from a hail-producing supercell thunderstorm in North McAllen, near the |… |
| 2025-06-12 | 82 mph | 7 | Just after 740 PM CDT on June 12, 2025, a strong microburst descended from a severe thunderstorm in North Alamo, near the city line with … |
| 2022-05-23 | 81 mph | 4 | The metal roof of the Segovia State Prison Unit was peeled back. A large metal shipping container next to the Lopez State Prison Unit was… |
| 2019-06-24 | 75 mph | 1 | A severe thunderstorm produced sporadic straight line wind damage|from Monte alto to portions of north Elsa during the evening of|June 24… |
| 2021-05-12 | 70 mph | 3 | At least a half dozen manufactured homes sustained|damage, mainly from peeled-back or blown off tin roofs, and car ports|knocked down, in… |
| 2021-05-11 | 70 mph | 4 | Social media report of a damaged carport and a barn roof torn off in the Linn area. Time was estimated via radar. |
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Questions
What date did hail last hit Hidalgo County?
May 8, 2025, per the NWS Storm Events record. The largest since 2016 was 3.00" (tea cup) on May 8, 2025.
Does a county record prove hail at my house?
No. 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. The free check above shows what was recorded near your specific address, with distances.
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