HailEvidence NWS storm records · per-address verification

HailEvidencehail history → Duncan, IA

Duncan, 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 Duncan city centroid, 1950 to present.

67hail events since 1950
44≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2018-08-28
2025-06-11most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 0
2023 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 1 0.88" (nickel)
2020 0
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 3 3.00" (tea cup)
2017 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 0
2015 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 0
2013 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 1 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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.2 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.9 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.7 mi
2025-07-28 Tornado EFU 8.8 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 7.6 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 5 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.2 mi
2025-07-27 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 5.3 mi
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 7.6 mi
2025-06-11 Hail 0.88" 9.8 mi

2025-07-28: “Emergency manager relayed trees down in Garner, some roads blocked.”

2025-07-28: “Personal Weather Station gust to 64 mph.”

2025-07-28: “Personal weather station gust to 58 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Duncan 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.

Verify an address — $29
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