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Garden Grove, 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 Garden Grove city centroid, 1950 to present.

74hail events since 1950
45≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2024-05-24
2024-05-24most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 6 2.75" (baseball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 1 0.88" (nickel)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 3 1.50" (ping pong 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
2024-05-24 Hail 1.75" 9.6 mi
2024-05-24 Hail 2.75" 6 mi
2024-05-24 Hail 2.00" 6 mi
2024-05-24 Hail 2.50" 6 mi
2024-05-24 Hail 1.75" 6 mi
2024-04-30 Hail 1.00" 0.9 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.00" 7.7 mi
2022-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.7 mi
2022-03-05 Tornado EF2 7 mi
2022-03-05 Tornado EFU 1.6 mi

2024-05-24: “Time of occurrence estimated from radar.”

2024-05-24: “Delayed report with picture of at least baseball sized hail on the west side of Humeston.”

2024-05-24: “Delayed report from media of two inch hail near Humeston.”

Disputing a claim at a Garden Grove 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