The most recent reported hail day was 2026-03-15, 138 days ago. Ashley County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2 inches, a hen egg and twice the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2014-03-28 near Hamburg.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Arkansas. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-03-15, around Fountain Hill. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Ashley County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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See call-center options ->NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 27 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.6 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 44 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 3 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2013, with 5 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 5 days since 2022, against 1.8 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 1 of the 27 days on record passed it, 4%, the last on 2014-03-28. They land in the same month as everything else, March. Golf-ball size is rarer still: 1.75 inches or more on 6 of the 27 days.
Across the whole of Arkansas, see the Arkansas hail map and history.
Reports cluster nearest Hamburg -- 9 of the county's 27 hail days -- then Crossett (9), Fountain Hill (6), West Crossett (3) and Wilmot (3). Beyond those, NOAA names North Crossett and Montrose on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Crossett | 5 | 1.75″ |
| Hamburg | 4 | 1.75″ |
| 1 N Hamburg | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Wilmot | 2 | 1.75″ |
| Fountain Hill | 2 | 1.00″ |
The season runs February through May: 22 of the 27 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (81%). March is the single busiest month, with 9 of them (33%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in June, August, October and December, outside that window. Reports span 8 of the 12 calendar months; the other 4 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| February | 3 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 8 |
| May | 2 |
| June | 1 |
| August | 1 |
| October | 1 |
| December | 2 |
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Fountain Hill. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-20 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-03-30 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-03-23 | 1.25″ | 3 |
| 2024-12-28 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2021-04-09 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-02-05 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2019-12-16 | 1.00″ | 1 |
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
The nearest counties and parishes with a page of their own, over the state line included: Drew County (15 hail days), Chicot County (32), Union County (26), Morehouse Parish, Louisiana (28) and West Carroll Parish, Louisiana (24). Ashley County sits in between.
Drew County · Chicot County · Union County · Morehouse Parish, Louisiana · West Carroll Parish, Louisiana
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Ashley County, Arkansas only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.