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Norman, AR hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Norman city centroid, 1950 to present.

69hail events since 1950
46≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 1957-11-17
2025-04-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 2 2.75" (baseball)
2015 3 2.75" (baseball)
2014 2 0.75" (penny)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 1 0.88" (nickel)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.3 mi
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.4 mi
2025-04-05 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.8 mi
2025-04-04 Hail 1.00" 4.2 mi
2024-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.5 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.7 mi
2024-05-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.1 mi
2024-05-03 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.3 mi
2024-04-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.2 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.50" 5.6 mi

2025-06-14: “A few trees and powerlines were blown down on Arkansas Highway 270 on the northern side of Mt. Ida.”

2025-04-30: “Trees were blown down across Smoky Hollow Road.”

2025-04-05: “Multiple trees were blown down near the town of Mt. Ida.”

Disputing a claim at a Norman address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12