Hail history in Midland, TX
On average, NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Midland on 3.8 days a year from 2016 to 2025, 3.4 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Midland on 57 days since 2010. The largest hail reported was 5.0 in, in 2017. 52 of those days had hail of 1 inch or larger. May has the most hail days, 24 since 2010. The most recent was June 22, 2026. NOAA also recorded high wind on 69 days, with gusts up to 112 mph.
- Hail days since 2010
- 57
- Largest hail
- 5.0 in
- Highest gust
- 112 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
57 hail days within 15 miles since 2010, largest 5.0 in
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Hail days by year
Bar chart of hail days per year, 2010 to 2026. 57 hail days in total; the most was 9 in 2017.
Hail days by month
Hail days by month since 2010: Jan 0, Feb 0, Mar 5, Apr 5, May 24, Jun 15, Jul 3, Aug 2, Sep 1, Oct 1, Nov 1, Dec 0.
Most recent hail days
| Date | Largest hail | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | 1.5 in | 4.3 mi |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.0 in | 11.4 mi |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 1.75 in | 1.1 mi |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.88 in | 13.9 mi |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 1.0 in | 0.4 mi |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 1.75 in | 13.5 mi |
| May 30, 2024 | 4.0 in | 2.4 mi |
| May 16, 2024 | 1.25 in | 3.7 mi |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 2.0 in | 1.9 mi |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 1.75 in | 1.1 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Midland, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
69 high-wind days within 15 miles since 2010, strongest gust 112 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Most recent high-wind days
| Date | Highest gust | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Not recorded | 7.1 mi |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 58 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 60 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 58 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 58 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Jul 26, 2025 | 64 mph | 13.9 mi |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 81 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 74 mph | 7.2 mi |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 90 mph | 7.2 mi |
| May 24, 2025 | 58 mph | 7.2 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Midland, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- Wind speed is the highest reported gust; some reports have no speed.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
Gusts, tornadoes and hurricanes in Midland
Estimated peak gusts
1 day since October 1, 2021 had an estimated peak gust of 58 mph or more at Midland.
| Day | Estimated peak gust |
|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2025 | 58 mph or more |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 50 mph or more |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 50 mph or more |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 50 mph or more |
| May 24, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 50 mph or more |
Estimates: the highest gust of each storm day in NOAA’s hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. Analyses like this smooth out short thunderstorm gusts, so they are best for widespread wind (hurricanes, winter storms, high wind days); for thunderstorm wind, NOAA’s wind reports are the better record. Not a measurement at any building.
Tornadoes within 10 miles
NOAA recorded 27 tornadoes whose path came within 10 miles of Midland since 1950; the strongest was rated EF3.
| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2024 | Not rated | 0.13 miles | 7.9 miles |
| May 30, 2024 | EF2 | 10.27 miles | 9.9 miles |
| Jun 5, 2004 | EF0 | 1 miles | 7.7 miles |
| Jun 5, 2004 | EF0 | 1 miles | 5.5 miles |
| Sep 7, 2003 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 8.9 miles |
| May 27, 2002 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 6.9 miles |
| Oct 24, 2000 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 2.6 miles |
| Apr 13, 1999 | EF1 | 0.5 miles | 9.8 miles |
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| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1989 | EF1 | 3 miles | 2.6 miles |
| Sep 8, 1989 | EF0 | 0.3 miles | 2.6 miles |
| May 27, 1987 | EF0 | 0.3 miles | 5.5 miles |
| Aug 15, 1986 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 5.7 miles |
| Jun 2, 1986 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 2.6 miles |
| May 24, 1985 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 8.6 miles |
| May 21, 1982 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 2 miles |
| May 5, 1982 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 2.6 miles |
| May 20, 1980 | EF1 | 0.2 miles | 4.3 miles |
| Aug 17, 1979 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 6.5 miles |
| Mar 28, 1976 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 5 miles |
| May 28, 1975 | EF0 | 2 miles | 7.7 miles |
| Jun 3, 1969 | EF2 | 14.9 miles | 7.7 miles |
| Jun 14, 1968 | EF0 | 1 miles | 9.9 miles |
| May 15, 1965 | EF3 | 1 miles | 3.8 miles |
| Mar 18, 1964 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 3.6 miles |
| Aug 1, 1962 | EF1 | 3.3 miles | 0.5 miles |
| Jul 24, 1962 | EF1 | 4.9 miles | 3 miles |
| May 24, 1957 | EF2 | 2 miles | 8.7 miles |
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center. Ratings before 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
No hurricane or tropical storm in NOAA's records brought modeled tropical-storm-force winds (39 mph) to Midland.
Modeled from NOAA’s best tracks for open, flat ground; not measurements. How we model hurricane winds
73 radar hail days within 15 miles since 2020, largest 3.5 in or more
Source: NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), from October 14, 2020. Estimates of the largest hail in each 1 km cell, not measurements.
51 days with radar hail 1 inch or larger, 14 at 2 inches or larger, within 15 miles of Midland’s center.
Biggest radar hail days
- 0.75 in+
- 1.0 in+
- 1.5 in+
- 2.0 in+
- 2.5 in+
- 3.0 in+
Most recent radar hail days
| Date | Largest radar estimate |
|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1.5 in or more |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.25 in or more |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.25 in or more |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 2.0 in or more |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
Midland and other Texas cities
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
Days a year with hail 1 inch or larger within 15 miles of each city's center, 2016 to 2025, and each city's rank among 200 US cities.
| City | Days a year | US rank |
|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | 6.2 | #3 |
| Lubbock | 4.8 | #6 |
| Dallas | 4.7 | #9 |
| San Antonio | 3.7 | #16 |
| Midland | 3.4 | Not ranked |
| Tyler | 2.9 | #24 |
| Waco | 2.5 | #34 |
| Killeen | 2.3 | #40 |
| Austin | 2.2 | #46 |
| Longview | 2.0 | #51 |
| Houston | 1.7 | #65 |
| Beaumont | 1.4 | #77 |
| College Station | 1.3 | #85 |
| McAllen | 1.2 | #93 |
| El Paso | 1.2 | #93 |
| Laredo | 1.1 | #99 |
| Brownsville | 0.4 | #152 |
| Corpus Christi | 0.3 | #157 |
About this data
- Each city counts reports within 15 miles of its center, not of any one property.
- The US rank covers the 200 largest metro areas, measured from each one's main city. Midland is not one of them, so it has no rank.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
Storms in Midland
Around the Midland radar, the Storm Prediction Center puts the main severe season at March 22 to July 9, with reports peaking around May 30.1 Hail is the main threat: from 1980 to 2006 the area logged 5,493 large hail reports, more than twice its 2,013 damaging wind reports.1
Notable storms
- May 30, 2024A storm dropped baseball size hail near the NWS office and the Legends Park subdivision for 30 minutes to an hour and produced an EF2 tornado with winds up to 115 mph, while winds estimated at 100 mph snapped more than 20 power poles along FM 1788.2,3
- May 24, 2022A storm moving southeast across the city dropped hail of 2 to 3 inches on the north side of Midland, with softball size hail reported on the northwest side near Greentree. NOAA's records list a 4-inch hailstone northwest of Midland, and the Midland International Airport weather station measured a 74 mph gust.4,5,6
- April 23, 2019Hail up to 3 inches across fell on the west side of Midland, and golf ball size hail dented vehicles at the NWS office near Midland International Airport. NWS Midland says most of the large hail fell in and near the city and caused at least $200 million in damage.7,8
- June 14, 2017Storms that dropped hail possibly larger than softball size on Odessa weakened as they moved into Midland, though hail up to 2.75 inches fell near Midland International Airport. NWS Midland put damage from the storms of June 12 and 14 at $480 million.9,10
- July 8, 2016A microburst with winds estimated at 90 mph hit the City of Midland, damaging businesses along Wall Street.11
- April 11, 2009Hail up to 2 inches fell across Midland, and a 64 mph gust knocked down power lines inside the city limits. NOAA's storm records list about $161 million in property damage from the hail.12,13
Warnings and alerts
The City of Midland's emergency alert program, run through Everbridge, sends severe weather and other emergency messages by home, mobile or business phone, email or text.14
Sources
- 1. NOAA Storm Prediction Center: MAF Severe Weather Climatology
- 2. NWS Midland/Odessa: May 30th, 2024 Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos Severe Weather
- 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Midland County, May 30, 2024
- 4. NWS Midland/Odessa: May 24th, 2022 Severe Weather Events
- 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Midland County, May 24, 2022
- 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Midland County, May 24, 2022
- 7. NWS Midland/Odessa: Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena, April 2019
- 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Midland County, April 23, 2019
- 9. NWS Midland/Odessa: Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena, June 2017
- 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Midland County, June 14, 2017
- 11. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Midland County, July 8, 2016
- 12. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Midland County, April 11, 2009
- 13. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Midland County, April 11, 2009
- 14. City of Midland: Emergency Alert
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Questions about hail in Midland
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 2, 2026
- How often does it hail in Midland?
- NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Midland on 3.8 days a year on average from 2016 to 2025, 3.4 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. Since 2010 it recorded 57 hail days.
- When is hail season in Midland?
- May has the most hail days within 15 miles of the center of Midland, 24 since 2010, then June (15) and March (5).
- What is the largest hail recorded in Midland?
- 5.0 in, in 2017: the largest hail NOAA recorded within 15 miles of the center of Midland since 2010.
- When did it last hail in Midland?
- NOAA's most recent hail report within 15 miles of the center of Midland is from June 22, 2026, with hail up to 1.5 in reported 4.3 miles from the center. Data through November 2, 2026.