Barber County, Kansas Hail Map & History
Barber County was hit as recently as 2026-10-13, 16 days ago. Barber County is hit in most years, and usually several times over. The largest stone on record here is 4.25 inches and 4.2 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2017-08-09 near Medicine Lodge.
Hail size, inches
- 0.25 in, pea
- 0.75 in, penny
- 1 in, quarter
- 1.25 in, half dollar
- 1.5 in, ping pong ball
- 1.75 in, golf ball
- 2 in, hen egg
- 2.5 in, tennis ball
- 3 in and up, teacup
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Kansas. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-10-13, around Sharon. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Barber 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 ->How often it hails in Barber County
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 41 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.4 a year over 17 years of record. Those days carry 90 separate reports between them, two or three on a typical one. Exactly one year since 2010 passed with no reported hail day at all. The busiest single year was 2017, with 6 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 11 days since 2022.
8 of the 41 days reached 2 inches or more -- 20%, or about one hail day in 5, the last on 2018-07-30. They land in the same month as everything else, May. 18 of the 41 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Kansas, see the Kansas hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Barber County
Reports cluster nearest Medicine Lodge -- 13 of the county's 41 hail days -- then Sun City (9), Lake City (8), Sharon (7) and Aetna (6). Beyond those, NOAA names Kiowa, Hardtner, Hazelton and Coats on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Kiowa | 5 | 2.00″ |
| Medicine Lodge | 5 | 1.75″ |
| Sun City | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 3 Nne Sun City | 2 | 2.75″ |
| 3 E Sharon | 2 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Barber County
The season runs April through August: 35 of the 41 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (85%). May is the single busiest month, with 9 of them (22%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in March, September and October, outside that window. Reports span 8 of the 12 calendar months; the other 4 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| March | 2 |
| April | 8 |
| May | 9 |
| June | 8 |
| July | 4 |
| August | 6 |
| September | 2 |
| October | 2 |
Recent Barber County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Sharon. 4 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-05-30 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-03-10 | 1.50″ | 3 |
| 2026-03-05 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2025-04-22 | 1.75″ | 6 |
| 2024-10-21 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2024-08-25 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2024-08-18 | 1.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Barber County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Deep violet is about an inch, the violet grows lighter as the hail grows, and pale lilac to near-white is 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 4.25 inches, which is the pale lilac band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Pratt County (50 hail days), Harper County (33) and Kingman County (49). Barber County sits in between.
Pratt County · Harper County · Kingman County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Barber County, Kansas only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.