Merrick County was hit as recently as 2026-05-17, 75 days ago. Merrick County has recorded hail in nearly every year on the archive. The largest stone on record here is 3.5 inches and 3.5 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-05-17 near Palmer.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Nebraska. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-05-17, around Palmer. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Merrick 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 32 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.9 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 50 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. Exactly one year since 2010 passed with no reported hail day at all. The busiest single year was 2011, with 5 hail days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 5 days since 2022, against 2.2 a year before that.
Most hail here stays under 2 inches: only 3 of the 32 days on record passed it, 9%, the last on 2026-05-17. Those big days do not follow the county's usual calendar: most of them fall in May, not June. 13 of the 32 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Nebraska, see the Nebraska hail map and history.
Reports cluster nearest Chapman -- 13 of the county's 32 hail days -- then Central City (11), Silver Creek (5), Clarks (4) and Palmer (3). That one town is named on 41% of them. Beyond those, NOAA names Archer on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Central City | 5 | 1.25″ |
| 2 E Chapman | 3 | 1.75″ |
| 2 Sw Chapman | 2 | 3.00″ |
| Silver Creek | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 2 Ne Chapman | 2 | 1.25″ |
The season runs May through August: 29 of the 32 hail days on record fall in those 4 months (91%). June is the single busiest month, with 11 of them (34%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in April and October, outside that window. Reports span 6 of the 12 calendar months; the other 6 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| April | 2 |
| May | 7 |
| June | 11 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 4 |
| October | 1 |
That day put 4 reports on the map, the biggest 3.5 inches near Palmer. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | 3.50″ | 4 |
| 2025-05-19 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.25″ | 1 |
| 2023-07-04 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2022-06-04 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2021-06-22 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2020-08-16 | 3.00″ | 3 |
| 2020-06-03 | 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 3.5 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Hamilton County (46 hail days), Nance County (21) and Polk County (28). Merrick County sits in between.
Hamilton County · Nance County · Polk County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Merrick County, Nebraska only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.