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HailEvidencehail history → Batesville, MS

Batesville, MS 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 Batesville city centroid, 1950 to present.

73hail events since 1950
44≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2011-04-27
2026-02-26most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2025 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 0
2023 4 2.75" (baseball)
2022 1 0.75" (penny)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 3 1.00" (quarter)
2017 0
2016 0
2015 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 0
2012 4 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
2026-02-26 Hail 1.25" 6.4 mi
2026-02-26 Hail 1.00" 1.6 mi
2026-02-26 Hail 1.00" 8.2 mi
2025-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.8 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.3 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.4 mi
2025-05-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.9 mi
2025-04-02 Hail 1.75" 7.6 mi
2023-12-09 Hail 2.75" 0.3 mi

2026-02-26: “Half-dollar sized hail off of Heafner Road.”

2026-02-26: “Quarter sized hail on Pamela Street.”

2025-06-07: “Multiple trees were knocked down at the Sardis Lower Lake Campground.”

Disputing a claim at a Batesville 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