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Buffalo Springs Lake, 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 Buffalo Springs Lake city centroid, 1950 to present.

242hail events since 1950
187≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2015-05-08
2026-05-22most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2025 5 2.25" (hen egg)
2024 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0 —
2021 0 —
2020 2 3.00" (tea cup)
2019 3 2.75" (baseball)
2018 1 2.75" (baseball)
2017 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 2 4.50" (grapefruit)
2014 0 —
2013 0 —
2012 3 1.00" (quarter)

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
2026-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 110 mph 7.4 mi
2026-05-22 Hail 1.75" 8.2 mi
2026-05-22 Hail 1.00" 8.5 mi
2026-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7.4 mi
2026-05-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.5 mi
2026-02-13 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.4 mi
2025-08-17 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 8.9 mi
2025-06-06 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.9 mi
2025-06-06 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.1 mi
2025-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 86 mph 7.4 mi

2026-06-25: “A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Slaton measured severe wind gusts from 2027 CST through 2034 CST. A peak wind gust of 110 mph was measured at 2027 CST. Near the mesonet station, cotton crops were destroyed along with stripped mesquite trees. Irrigation pivots were damaged and pa”

2026-05-22: “Numerous reports were received of a swath of hail that affected the west side of the city of Slaton. Hail ranged in size from penny size to golf ball size.”

2026-05-22: “A storm chaser reported quarter size hail southeast of Lubbock International Airport.”

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Nearby hail history

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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 2026-10-07