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Bellevue, 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 Bellevue city centroid, 1950 to present.

33hail events since 1950
20≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 2014-05-20
2017-04-10most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 0
2014 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
2012 0

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
2024-07-15 Tornado EF1 9 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 0.9 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 0.1 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.2 mi
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.2 mi
2023-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.9 mi
2023-03-31 Tornado EF0 10 mi
2023-03-31 Tornado EF1 1.2 mi
2023-03-31 Tornado EFU 0.9 mi

2024-07-15: “A tornado developed just northeast of Hanover in Jo Daviess County, and tracked to the southeast around 50 mph along an intermittent path. The tornado caused significant roof damage to a home east of Hanover that was rated EF-1. The tornado then moved into Carroll County near S. Breyer Road, around ”

2024-07-14: “A public report of trees down in Hanover. The time of the event was estimated using radar.”

2024-05-21: “Trees down, blocking the road into Bellevue State Park and town. Time estimated from radar data.”

Disputing a claim at a Bellevue 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