Hail, Humboldt
- When
- January 29, 5:56 AM PST to 6:06 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt County, 9 mi S of Honeydew
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -124.120
Hail in California, January 29, 1998
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Storm Surge in Maine, January 29, 1998
- Tornado and Waterspout in California, January 29, 1998
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 29, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 29, 1998
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New York, January 29, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in California, January 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, January 29 to 30, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 29 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631357.