Oregon hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 32 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 856 hail reports in Oregon from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 26 a year since 2000. The deadliest was the April 14, 2022 hail in Clackamas County: 1 death, 1 injury and $50,000 in damage in 2025 dollars. Oregon ranks 41st of 52 states and territories by count and 45th of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Oregon, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

recorded, no damage figure
under $1 million
$1 million or more
$10 million or more
$100 million or more, or 10 deaths
$1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
a year with a death
1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996

Records: 8561955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 26average
Deaths: 111 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $150Mas filed
Busiest year: 200692 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in Oregon?

Oregon averages about 26 hail reports a year since 2000, 41st of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2006 (92). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Oregon records 89 hail reports since 1955, 45th of 51 states and territories by that measure.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in Oregon have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Deschutes County leads Oregon: 75 days with a hail report since 1955, 24.9 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Deschutes County has the most hail records (161 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

Deschutes County 24.9 (161)
Union County 23.6 (90)
Umatilla County 17.1 (89)
Jefferson County 14.6 (37)
Multnomah County 13.9 (6)
Morrow County 11.8 (31)
Wheeler County 10.5 (22)
Jackson County 10.4 (63)
Washington County 9.7 (8)
Crook County 8.7 (52)
Wallowa County 8.6 (39)
Gilliam County 8.3 (11)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in Oregon?

53% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in July and August. The busiest month is August (234 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 1 · Feb 1 · Mar 6 · Apr 30 · May 161 · Jun 168 · Jul 218 · Aug 234 · Sep 33 · Oct 1 · Nov 2 · Dec 1 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

What were the deadliest hail reports in Oregon?

Oregon: the storms with the most deaths since 1955
Date	Record	Character	Killed	Injured	Damage
2022-04-14	HailEagle Creek, Clackamas County Strong showers developed with small, but accumulating hail. There was a report of a head on collision with one fatality that likely occurred due to the hail storm. Oregon 211 Highway was closed for 3 hours.	0.25 in hail	1	1	$50K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths direct and indirect, as filed by the National Weather Service, summed over each storm (one episode, or one named storm filed by several offices). Storm names from the titles of FEMA declarations that name the storm's counties.

The costliest hail reports in Oregon

Oregon: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Killed	Injured	Damage
1995-07-09	HailGilliam County Every hail record filed in the state that day (5, in 3 places; before 1996 NOAA filed no storm episodes); the totals are the day's.	1.00 in hail	0	0	$97M
2006-06-12	HailPrineville, Crook County	1.50 in hail	0	0	$29M
2006-06-12	HailBend, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	$10M
2003-07-26	HailVale, Malheur County	2.00 in hail	0	0	$4.5M
1997-09-02	HailMedford Airport, Jackson County	1.50 in hail	0	0	$3.9M
1998-07-09	HailBend, Deschutes County	1.75 in hail	0	0	$3.6M
2006-05-19	HailBoardman, Morrow County	1.75 in hail	0	0	$1.5M
2022-04-14	HailEagle Creek, Clackamas County	0.25 in hail	1	1	$50K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in Oregon?

Oregon's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: Oregon and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	Oregon	United States	Oregon's share
1955-59	13	2,477	0.52%
1960s	13	7,651	0.17%
1970s	5	11,007	0.05%
1980s	16	26,555	0.06%
1990s	137	75,581	0.18%
2000s	328	137,396	0.24%
2010s	269	107,281	0.25%
2020-26	75	56,491	0.13%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Oregon

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Killed	Injured	Damage
2025-08-03	HailBend, Deschutes County	1.50 in hail	0	0	–
2025-02-24	HailGladtidings, Clackamas County	1.00 in hail	0	0	–
2022-08-11	HailMinam, Wallowa County	2.50 in hail	0	4	–
2022-04-14	HailEagle Creek, Clackamas County	0.25 in hail	1	1	$50K
2020-05-30	HailHelix, Umatilla County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2020-05-30	HailSisters, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2020-05-30	HailMonument, Grant County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2018-01-18	HailSeaside, Clatsop County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2017-05-04	HailCloverdale, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2017-05-04	HailBend, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2014-08-02	HailBend, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–
2014-07-22	HailHenkle Butte, Deschutes County	2.00 in hail	0	0	–

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in Oregon

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 20 declarations in Oregon, 20 of them major disasters; the latest on April 7, 2026.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2026-04-07	DR-4907	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	11
2025-07-22	DR-4881	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	4
2024-04-13	DR-4768	Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Landslides, and Mudslides	13
2021-05-04	DR-4599	Severe Winter Storm	7
2019-05-02	DR-4432	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	5
2017-08-08	DR-4328	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	4
2017-01-25	DR-4296	Severe Winter Storm and Flooding	2
2016-02-17	DR-4258	Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	14
2014-04-04	DR-4169	Severe Winter Storm	4
2011-02-17	DR-1956	Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Mudslides, Landslides, and Debris Flows	6
2009-03-02	DR-1824	Severe Winter Storm, Record and Near Record Snow	10
2007-12-08	DR-1733	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	12

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.