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Bedford, 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 Bedford city centroid, 1950 to present.

488hail events since 1950
332≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1989-04-28
2025-09-05most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 11 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 64 3.25" (tea cup)
2023 21 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 2 0.88" (nickel)
2021 13 3.00" (tea cup)
2020 21 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 12 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 22 3.00" (tea cup)
2017 4 1.00" (quarter)
2016 4 2.50" (tennis ball)
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 12 3.00" (tea cup)

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
2025-09-05 Hail 0.75" 9.5 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9 mi
2025-08-04 Thunderstorm Wind 89 mph 7.7 mi
2025-08-03 Hail 1.00" 2.1 mi
2025-08-03 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 1.1 mi
2025-08-03 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4.9 mi
2025-07-08 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.5 mi
2025-06-08 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 6.7 mi
2025-06-01 Hail 2.00" 9.5 mi
2025-06-01 Hail 1.00" 8.3 mi

2025-09-05: “Dimed sized hail was reported in Arlington.”

2025-08-19: “Multiple social media reports indicated several trees down along Western Center from Interstate 35 to Beach Street in north Fort Worth.”

2025-08-04: “An 89 MPH wind gust was measured at 4:39 am CDT by the Automated Surface Observation System at DFW Airport. Additional observation data from the FAA showed 58+ mph winds began on the north side of the runways several minutes prior to the peak wind gust at the ASOS and continued moving south across t”

Disputing a claim at a Bedford 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