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Dedham, 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 Dedham city centroid, 1950 to present.

68hail events since 1950
45≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 2004-05-22
2024-05-06most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 0.88" (nickel)
2023 1 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 0
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 0
2016 0
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 3 1.00" (quarter)
2013 10 1.75" (golf ball)
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
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.2 mi
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.9 mi
2025-07-23 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.8 mi
2025-07-23 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 2.9 mi
2025-07-23 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.9 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.1 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.9 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 2.9 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 9.9 mi

2025-08-09: “Emergency manager reported large trees down in Swan Lake State Park. Time estimated from radar.”

2025-08-09: “Gust measured gust from AWOS. Time of peak gust estimated from radar.”

2025-07-23: “Large limbs down across the town of Coon Rapids.”

Disputing a claim at a Dedham 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