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Akron, IA 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 Akron city centroid, 1950 to present.

90hail events since 1950
59≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1960-08-05
2024-05-20most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 0.88" (nickel)
2023 4 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 0
2012 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)

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
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.6 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.6 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 0.88" 9.6 mi
2023-07-12 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 9.5 mi
2023-07-03 Hail 1.00" 9.2 mi
2023-06-24 Hail 1.00" 5.6 mi
2023-05-12 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6 mi
2023-04-19 Hail 1.00" 9.4 mi
2023-04-19 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2021-06-11 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 0.3 mi

2025-07-07: “Two large branches were broken out of a healthy tree.”

2024-07-29: “Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree branch in Richland.”

2023-07-12: “Thunderstorms winds blew down a tree across Iowa Highway 12.”

Disputing a claim at a Akron 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