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Argo, 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 Argo city centroid, 1950 to present.

234hail events since 1950
134≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
7.00"largest on record · 1959-09-27
2025-07-11most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 12 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 31 4.00" (softball)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 19 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 5 0.88" (nickel)
2018 7 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 5 1.00" (quarter)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 2 1.00" (quarter)
2013 8 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2012 6 1.00" (quarter)

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
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 10 mi
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.2 mi
2025-08-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.1 mi
2025-07-11 Hail 1.00" 10 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.2 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.5 mi
2025-07-11 Tornado EF0 2 mi

2025-08-18: “A public photo was relayed via social media of a large branch of a tree snapped off. Time estimated by radar.”

2025-08-18: “Several tree limbs were blown down, 6 to 10 inches across, around town. Power lines are also down from the limbs.”

2025-08-10: “A line of power poles snapped off from 230th street to Blackhawk Trail. No other damage in the vicinity. Time estimated from radar data. Wind appears to have been strong in this area, but other factors appeared to be part of why these poles snapped off. There were numerous trees, buildings, and ”

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Each recorded hail day in Argo has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25