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Cushing, 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 Cushing city centroid, 1950 to present.

102hail events since 1950
58≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-06-19
2025-08-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 0
2023 0
2022 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 0
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 0
2012 2 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
2025-08-15 Hail 1.00" 7.1 mi
2025-08-15 Hail 1.50" 8.4 mi
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.4 mi
2025-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 9.4 mi
2024-06-15 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 5.5 mi
2022-05-12 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 6.8 mi
2022-04-12 Hail 1.75" 5.4 mi
2021-08-20 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9 mi
2019-10-01 Hail 0.75" 8.3 mi

2025-08-15: “Intermittent hail was not quite the size of a golf ball at times.”

2025-06-29: “Thunderstorm wind gusts removed several large tree limbs at Holstein Park.”

2025-06-16: “Winds were measured by a personal weather station.”

Disputing a claim at a Cushing 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