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Kaufman, 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 Kaufman city centroid, 1950 to present.

80hail events since 1950
61≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2023-04-20
2025-05-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 14 3.50" (tea cup)
2022 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 1 2.00" (hen egg)
2018 0
2017 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 0
2012 2 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
2025-05-16 Hail 1.00" 8.1 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.75" 8.7 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 8.2 mi
2025-03-29 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.5 mi
2025-03-25 Hail 1.00" 9.9 mi
2025-03-25 Hail 1.00" 8.7 mi
2024-07-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.7 mi
2024-06-03 Hail 0.75" 9.3 mi
2024-05-28 Hail 1.00" 8.7 mi
2024-05-28 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 6.8 mi

2025-05-16: “Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).”

2025-05-16: “A Facebook photo showed golfball size hail in Crandall.”

2025-05-16: “Fire and rescue reported roof damage to a home, and a carport displaced 3 miles south of Lawrence.”

Disputing a claim at a Kaufman 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