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Blencoe, 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 Blencoe city centroid, 1950 to present.

96hail events since 1950
64≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2024-06-12
2024-06-12most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 5 3.50" (tea cup)
2023 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 0
2021 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 0
2019 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 0
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 4 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
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 72 mph 2.9 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.2 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 3.00" 8.5 mi
2024-06-12 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.5 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 1.50" 7.5 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 1.75" 6.2 mi
2024-06-12 Hail 3.50" 7.9 mi
2024-05-21 Hail 1.00" 0.1 mi
2024-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 9.4 mi
2023-09-23 Hail 1.00" 8.9 mi

2025-08-09: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 73 mph.”

2025-03-14: “Public estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph, lasting nearly 10 minutes.”

2024-06-12: “A trained spotter reported 3 inch hail.”

Disputing a claim at a Blencoe 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