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Hail dates in Gillespie County, Texas
The National Weather Service has recorded hail in Gillespie County on 23 days since 2016 (81 separate reports, 74 of them quarter-size or larger). The largest stone on record was 4.00" (softball) on June 16, 2023; the most recent hail was May 26, 2026. Every row below is an official NWS record. Check hail at your exact address, free →
Every hail day in Gillespie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 2 | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Stonewall. There was a picture of the hail on Facebook. |
| 2026-05-06 | 2.75" (baseball) | 8 | A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Eckert. |
| 2025-05-26 | 3.00" (tea cup) | 12 | A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail west of Fredericksburg. The broke some windows in a house. |
| 2025-05-22 | 3.00" (tea cup) | 4 | A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail north of the Lyndon Baines Johnson State Historical Park. |
| 2025-03-23 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail just west of Harper. |
| 2024-04-01 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 3 | A thunderstorm produced hen egg size hail in Stonewall. |
| 2024-03-21 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail in Fredericksburg. |
| 2023-09-24 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northwest of Fredericksburg. |
| 2023-06-21 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail near Fredericksburg. |
| 2023-06-18 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Harper in rural Gillespie County. |
| 2023-06-16 | 4.00" (softball) | 5 | A thunderstorm produced four inch diameter hail along Hwy 16 in the southwestern corner of Gillespie County. Twitter had multiple pictures of similar size ha… |
| 2023-04-22 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 9 | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail at the Hill Top Cafe near the intersection of Hwy 87 and RR 648 southeast of Cherry Spring. |
| 2023-04-20 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 7 | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Fredericksburg. |
| 2023-03-02 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 4 | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail north of Fredericksburg. |
| 2022-05-05 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Enchanted Rock State Park. |
| 2021-05-09 | 2.50" (tennis ball) | 7 | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail southwest of Willow City. |
| 2020-05-27 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 4 | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail along Hwy 290 east of Harper. |
| 2019-06-06 | 0.75" (penny) | 2 | — |
| 2019-05-30 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail east of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. |
| 2019-05-03 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Albert. |
| 2016-05-28 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near the intersection of Hwy 290 and Reeh Rd. between Fredericksburg and Harper. |
| 2016-05-17 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 1 | — |
| 2016-03-18 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 2 | — |
Hail days by year
| Year | Hail days | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 10 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2025 | 3 | 17 | 3.00" (tea cup) |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2.00" (hen egg) |
| 2023 | 7 | 28 | 4.00" (softball) |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1.00" (quarter) |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 2.50" (tennis ball) |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2016 | 3 | 6 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
Damaging wind in Gillespie County
Thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more (the NWS severe threshold), 14 reports since 2016, strongest 81 mph. 1 tornado recorded in the county in the same period. Wind and tornado records are included in the extended report.
| Date | Peak gust | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-27 | 81 mph | 2 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph near Morris Ranch. |
| 2023-06-21 | 70 mph | 3 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph northeast of Fredericksburg. The wind tore a large portion of a tin roof off a met… |
| 2023-04-20 | 64 mph | 1 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down some two to four inch diameter tree limbs near Fredericksburg. |
| 2023-09-09 | 63 mph | 1 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 55 kts by the Bird RAWS site at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. |
| 2025-05-22 | 60 mph | 1 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that broke tree branches southeast of Willow City. |
| 2021-06-21 | 60 mph | 1 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 52 kts. by the Bird RAWS station near Stonewall. |
| 2016-04-27 | 60 mph | 3 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large trees. |
| 2022-07-14 | 59 mph | 1 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 51 kts by the AWOS at the Gillespie County Airport in Fredericksburg. |
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Questions
What date did hail last hit Gillespie County?
May 26, 2026, per the NWS Storm Events record. The largest since 2016 was 4.00" (softball) on June 16, 2023.
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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