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Gillett 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 Gillett Grove city centroid, 1950 to present.

119hail events since 1950
65≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.25"largest on record · 2004-05-21
2025-06-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 0.88" (nickel)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 1 1.25" (half dollar)

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
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 4.8 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 4.8 mi
2025-06-16 Hail 0.88" 3.8 mi
2025-04-28 Hail 1.50" 7.9 mi
2024-06-17 Hail 0.75" 8.8 mi
2024-05-24 Hail 1.75" 9.1 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 1.50" 4.8 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 1.50" 5.7 mi
2023-10-23 Hail 1.00" 10 mi
2022-07-05 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 9.5 mi

2025-07-11: “Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by a personal weather station at Webb.”

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

2025-04-28: “Hail was mostly dime to quarter sized, but some stones were as large as ping pong balls.”

Disputing a claim at a Gillett 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