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Paradise, 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 Paradise city centroid, 1950 to present.

211hail events since 1950
153≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2024-04-01
2025-05-18most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 9 4.50" (grapefruit)
2023 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 0
2017 11 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 5 1.00" (quarter)
2015 7 2.75" (baseball)
2014 11 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 11 2.75" (baseball)
2012 2 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-08-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.4 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 1.25" 8.4 mi
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 0.1 mi
2025-05-17 Hail 1.50" 9.6 mi
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.2 mi
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.9 mi
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 55 mph 4.4 mi
2025-04-23 Hail 1.00" 5.5 mi
2025-04-19 Hail 1.25" 5.9 mi
2025-03-04 Tornado EF1 4.8 mi

2025-08-28: “A trained spotter measured a 64 mph wind gust 1 mile north of Decatur with a personal weather station.”

2025-05-18: “Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).”

2025-05-17: “Several Facebook reports relayed numerous trees down in and around Paradise with some outbuildings damaged.”

Disputing a claim at a Paradise 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