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Pearsall, 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 Pearsall city centroid, 1950 to present.

54hail events since 1950
43≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1959-04-18
2024-01-24most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 0.88" (nickel)
2023 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 0
2016 3 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 6 3.50" (tea cup)
2012 2 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
2024-05-13 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.4 mi
2024-01-24 Hail 0.88" 1.5 mi
2023-04-04 Hail 1.50" 9.6 mi
2020-05-27 Hail 1.75" 9.6 mi
2018-03-27 Hail 1.00" 0.3 mi
2018-03-27 Hail 1.50" 0.7 mi
2018-03-27 Hail 1.00" 1.8 mi
2016-04-17 Hail 1.00" 2.6 mi
2016-03-24 Hail 1.00" 3.1 mi
2016-02-23 Hail 1.00" 1.5 mi

2024-05-13: “A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew the corrugated metal roof off of a building south the Hwy 57/I-35 intersection southwest of Moore.”

2024-01-24: “A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail near the intersection of FM 140 and I-35 in Pearsall.”

2023-04-04: “A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail southeast of Frio Town.”

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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