Hail history in Wichita Falls, TX
On average, NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls on 5.0 days a year from 2016 to 2025, 3.7 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls on 68 days since 2010. The largest hail reported was 5.33 in, in 2020. 54 of those days had hail of 1 inch or larger. May has the most hail days, 25 since 2010. The most recent was April 28, 2026. NOAA also recorded high wind on 76 days, with gusts up to 105 mph.
- Hail days since 2010
- 68
- Largest hail
- 5.33 in
- Highest gust
- 105 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
68 hail days within 15 miles since 2010, largest 5.33 in
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
Hail days by year
Bar chart of hail days per year, 2010 to 2026. 68 hail days in total; the most was 9 in 2025.
Hail days by month
Hail days by month since 2010: Jan 2, Feb 0, Mar 5, Apr 21, May 25, Jun 6, Jul 1, Aug 1, Sep 1, Oct 3, Nov 3, Dec 0.
Most recent hail days
| Date | Largest hail | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.75 in | 13.6 mi |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 3.0 in | 5.1 mi |
| Apr 25, 2026 | 3.0 in | 0.6 mi |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 1.0 in | 2.1 mi |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0.75 in | 3.0 mi |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 1.75 in | 14.1 mi |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 1.25 in | 8.8 mi |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 1.0 in | 10.3 mi |
| May 22, 2025 | 1.75 in | 3.1 mi |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 1.75 in | 1.4 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Wichita Falls, 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.
76 high-wind days within 15 miles since 2010, strongest gust 105 mph
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
Most recent high-wind days
| Date | Highest gust | Nearest report |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Not recorded | 12.0 mi |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 72 mph | 4.5 mi |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 67 mph | 5.3 mi |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 59 mph | 4.4 mi |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 58 mph | 5.9 mi |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 60 mph | 13.5 mi |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 70 mph | 6.8 mi |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 75 mph | 1.5 mi |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 81 mph | 3.9 mi |
| May 1, 2025 | 60 mph | 12.8 mi |
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Wichita Falls, 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 Wichita Falls
Estimated peak gusts
1 day since October 1, 2021 had an estimated peak gust of 58 mph or more at Wichita Falls.
| Day | Estimated peak gust |
|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2026 | 58 mph or more |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 50 mph or more |
| May 18, 2025 | 50 mph or more |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 50 mph or more |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 50 mph or more |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 50 mph or more |
| Mar 7, 2024 | 50 mph or more |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 50 mph or more |
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| Day | Estimated peak gust |
|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2023 | 50 mph or more |
| May 4, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Apr 5, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Jan 14, 2022 | 50 mph or more |
| Dec 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 29 tornadoes whose path came within 10 miles of Wichita Falls since 1950; the strongest was rated EF5.
| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2019 | EF1 | 10 miles | 9.2 miles |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Not rated | 1.5 miles | 8.9 miles |
| May 7, 2014 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 9.7 miles |
| May 30, 2001 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 5.9 miles |
| Apr 10, 2001 | EF1 | 4.5 miles | 2.3 miles |
| Jun 22, 2000 | EF0 | 0.2 miles | 9.9 miles |
| Jun 16, 1997 | EF1 | 0.7 miles | 10 miles |
| Feb 21, 1994 | EF0 | 0.5 miles | 5.3 miles |
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| Day | Rating | Path length | Closest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1979 | EF1 | 2 miles | 1.6 miles |
| Apr 10, 1979 | EF4 | 46.9 miles | 1.1 miles |
| May 20, 1977 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 8.7 miles |
| May 5, 1977 | EF1 | 7.8 miles | 8.8 miles |
| Apr 16, 1977 | EF1 | 2 miles | 0.5 miles |
| Apr 20, 1974 | EF1 | 0.5 miles | 9.9 miles |
| Mar 3, 1973 | EF0 | 0.1 miles | 1 miles |
| Apr 3, 1964 | EF5 | 4.7 miles | 1.6 miles |
| May 29, 1963 | EF0 | 0.5 miles | 8.6 miles |
| Apr 26, 1962 | EF3 | 3.3 miles | 5.3 miles |
| Jul 21, 1961 | EF1 | 0.2 miles | 2.7 miles |
| Apr 8, 1961 | EF2 | 3 miles | 3 miles |
| Nov 17, 1958 | EF2 | 4.9 miles | 3 miles |
| Apr 2, 1958 | EF3 | 16.4 miles | 1.6 miles |
| May 25, 1955 | EF2 | 1.3 miles | 1.7 miles |
| Jun 1, 1954 | EF3 | 5.9 miles | 3.9 miles |
| Aug 11, 1953 | EF2 | 0.1 miles | 2.2 miles |
| Jun 19, 1953 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 6.6 miles |
| Mar 17, 1952 | EF1 | 0.1 miles | 3.6 miles |
| May 9, 1951 | EF2 | 4.9 miles | 9 miles |
| Apr 20, 1951 | EF2 | 1.5 miles | 4.5 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 Wichita Falls.
Modeled from NOAA’s best tracks for open, flat ground; not measurements. How we model hurricane winds
91 radar hail days within 15 miles since 2020, largest 3.0 in or more
Source: NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), from October 14, 2020. Estimates of the largest hail in each 1 km cell, not measurements.
64 days with radar hail 1 inch or larger, 12 at 2 inches or larger, within 15 miles of Wichita Falls’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 |
|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | 1.25 in or more |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 0.75 in or more |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 2.5 in or more |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 1.0 in or more |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 1.5 in or more |
| May 22, 2026 | 1.25 in or more |
Wichita Falls and other Texas cities
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 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 |
| Wichita Falls | 3.7 | 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. Wichita Falls 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 Wichita Falls
In the area covered by the Frederick, Oklahoma radar, the Storm Prediction Center puts the main severe season at March 23 to July 5, with reports peaking around May 29.1 That radar area ranks 6th of 141 U.S. radar areas the Storm Prediction Center compared for how often severe weather is reported, and hail reports outnumbered wind reports about two to one from 1980 to 2006.1
Notable storms
- August 10, 2023A microburst hit the west side of the city with winds estimated up to 105 mph, tearing the roof off a large section of a strip mall and collapsing a 500-foot radio tower.2,3
- May 22, 2020Hail up to 5.33 inches across fell in Burkburnett, north of Wichita Falls, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the stones damaged roofs and broke car windshields. Later that evening, golf ball-size hail fell southwest of Wichita Falls, where a 56-knot (64 mph) gust was measured.4,5,6,7
- March 4, 2004Winds estimated at 85 mph caused roof and structural damage on the west side of the city, overturned a semi on the freeway near Holliday Road and ripped the roof off a portable classroom at a high school.8
- June 10, 2003The Wichita Falls weather station at Sheppard Air Force Base measured a 97 mph gust just before its instruments stopped reporting, and wind damage on the base was estimated at 2 to 3 miles wide.9
- April 10, 1979An F4 tornado up to 1.5 miles wide crossed 8 miles of Wichita Falls neighborhoods. NWS Norman says it killed 42 people outright, caused 1,700 injuries in the city and destroyed 3,095 homes, with damage in Wichita Falls estimated at $400 million in 1979 dollars.10,11
- April 3, 1964An F5 tornado struck northwest Wichita Falls and Sheppard Air Force Base along a 5.6-mile path, killing 7 people and injuring 111. NWS Norman lists 225 homes destroyed and 50 with major damage, with $5 million in damage to city property and $10 million at the base.10
Warnings and alerts
Wichita Falls is in the NWS Norman, Oklahoma warning area, which covers western north Texas; its NOAA Weather Radio transmitter for Wichita Falls broadcasts on 162.475 MHz.12,13 The City of Wichita Falls uses CodeRED, a free system that sends alerts by location to cell phones, landlines, text and email, with optional CodeRED Weather Warnings sent automatically when the National Weather Service issues a warning for the subscriber's location.14
Sources
- 1. NOAA Storm Prediction Center: FDR Severe Weather Climatology
- 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita County, August 10, 2023
- 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita County, August 10, 2023
- 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Wichita County, May 22, 2020 (Burkburnett)
- 5. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 'A pretty rare event.' Hail the size of softballs, larger falls near Wichita Falls
- 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Hail, Wichita County, May 22, 2020 (Wichita Falls)
- 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita County, May 22, 2020 (Wichita Falls)
- 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita County, March 4, 2004
- 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita County, June 10, 2003
- 10. NWS Norman: Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)
- 11. NWS Norman: The Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak of 10 April 1979
- 12. NWS Norman: Preliminary Monthly Storm Data Reports for Western, Central and Southern Oklahoma and Western North Texas
- 13. NWS Norman: Storm Spotter Reference
- 14. City of Wichita Falls: Emergency Alerts
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Questions about hail in Wichita Falls
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
- How often does it hail in Wichita Falls?
- NOAA recorded hail within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls on 5.0 days a year on average from 2016 to 2025, 3.7 of them with hail 1 inch or larger. Since 2010 it recorded 68 hail days.
- When is hail season in Wichita Falls?
- May has the most hail days within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls, 25 since 2010, then April (21) and June (6).
- What is the largest hail recorded in Wichita Falls?
- 5.33 in, in 2020: the largest hail NOAA recorded within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls since 2010.
- When did it last hail in Wichita Falls?
- NOAA's most recent hail report within 15 miles of the center of Wichita Falls is from April 28, 2026, with hail up to 1.75 in reported 13.6 miles from the center. Data through November 1, 2026.