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The Homesteads, 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 The Homesteads city centroid, 1950 to present.

186hail events since 1950
131≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.00"largest on record · 2023-06-12
2025-10-18most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 10 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 15 2.10" (hen egg)
2023 20 5.00" (grapefruit)
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 9 2.75" (baseball)
2020 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 2 0.75" (penny)
2017 8 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 3 1.00" (quarter)
2014 7 2.75" (baseball)
2013 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2012 0

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
2025-10-18 Hail 0.88" 6.7 mi
2025-06-01 Hail 1.50" 10 mi
2025-06-01 Hail 1.25" 10 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.75" 7.7 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.00" 5.6 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.20" 7.9 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.2 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.00" 9.7 mi
2025-03-08 Hail 1.00" 7.2 mi
2025-03-08 Hail 1.75" 8.2 mi

2025-10-18: “A public report indicated hail up to nickel size at Jellystone Park, or near I-35 between Burleson and Alvarado.”

2025-06-01: “Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).”

2025-06-01: “Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).”

Disputing a claim at a The Homesteads 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