Jeff Davis County, Texas Hail Map & History
Jeff Davis County was hit as recently as 2026-10-27, 2 days ago. Jeff Davis County is hit in most years. The largest stone on record here is 2.75 inches, a baseball and 2.8 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2012-05-31 near Fort Davis.
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 Texas. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-10-27, around Kent. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 24 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 1.4 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 35 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 3 of those 17 years produced none at all. One year dominates the record: 2019 alone produced 5 of the 24 days. The last five years have been quieter than the long run: 4 days since 2022, against 1.7 a year before that.
5 of the 24 days reached 2 inches or more -- 21%, or about one hail day in 5, the last on 2026-10-27. They land in the same month as everything else, May. 8 of the 24 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
Across the whole of Texas, see the Texas hail map and history.
Hardest-hit places in Jeff Davis County
Reports cluster nearest Fort Davis -- 16 of the county's 24 hail days -- then McDonald Observatory (4), Kent (3), Valentine (2) and McDonald Observat (2). That one town is named on 67% of them.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Davis | 5 | 2.00″ |
| McDonald Observatory | 4 | 1.75″ |
| 5 NE Fort Davis | 2 | 2.75″ |
| Valentine | 2 | 1.50″ |
| 3 E Valentine | 1 | 2.75″ |
When it hails in Jeff Davis County
The season runs April through August: 20 of the 24 hail days on record fall in those 5 months (83%). May is the single busiest month, with 11 of them (46%). That peak sits inside the window rather than at either end. Hail has also been reported in September and October, outside that window. Reports span 7 of the 12 calendar months; the other 5 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| April | 2 |
| May | 11 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 1 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 1 |
| October | 3 |
Recent Jeff Davis County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 2 inches near Kent. 1 hail day has already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 2.00″ | 1 |
| 2025-05-03 | 1.00″ | 2 |
| 2023-05-26 | 1.75″ | 4 |
| 2022-10-10 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2021-09-30 | 1.00″ | 3 |
| 2021-07-11 | 1.50″ | 1 |
| 2021-05-29 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2019-06-17 | 2.00″ | 2 |
How to read the Jeff Davis 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 2.75 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: Presidio County (14 hail days), Reeves County (30) and Brewster County (46). Jeff Davis County sits in between.
Presidio County · Reeves County · Brewster County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Jeff Davis County, Texas only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.