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Bernard, 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 Bernard city centroid, 1950 to present.

58hail events since 1950
32≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1955-04-18
2025-04-17most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 0.75" (penny)
2024 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 5 2.00" (hen egg)
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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.6 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 9.8 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.3 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 0.2 mi
2025-07-11 Tornado EF1 0.2 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 96 mph 1.2 mi
2025-07-11 Tornado EF0 8.8 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.6 mi
2025-07-10 Tornado EFU 7.8 mi

2025-07-11: “Emergency Manager reported a 90 MPG thunderstorm wind gust.”

2025-07-11: “A public report of a large tree snapped near its base. The time of the event was estimated using radar.”

2025-07-11: “An NWS Storm Survey found that the roof of a farm outbuilding was removed.”

Disputing a claim at a Bernard 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