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Celeste, 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 Celeste city centroid, 1950 to present.

77hail events since 1950
57≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.25"largest on record · 2012-06-13
2025-03-25most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 10 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 0
2014 2 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 3 4.25" (softball)

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
2025-03-25 Hail 1.75" 3.6 mi
2025-03-25 Hail 1.00" 8.6 mi
2025-03-25 Hail 1.00" 6.8 mi
2025-03-25 Hail 1.00" 8.4 mi
2024-11-04 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7 mi
2024-11-04 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7 mi
2024-05-25 Tornado EF1 5 mi
2024-05-23 Hail 1.25" 5.7 mi
2024-05-23 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 7 mi
2024-05-23 Hail 1.75" 6.8 mi

2025-03-25: “Social media photos showed hail up to golf ball size fell near Hwy 69 at CR 1145.”

2025-03-25: “HAM Radio reported quarter sized hail in Wolfe City near Hanna St and Jackson St.”

2025-03-25: “Leonard VFD reported 1 inch hail.”

Disputing a claim at a Celeste 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