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Gravity, 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 Gravity city centroid, 1950 to present.

106hail events since 1950
77≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2017-06-28
2024-04-26most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 5 1.00" (quarter)
2017 5 2.75" (baseball)
2016 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 4 1.25" (half dollar)
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
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.6 mi
2024-04-26 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2024-04-16 Tornado EF0 7.3 mi
2023-06-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.6 mi
2023-04-04 Hail 1.00" 8.5 mi
2023-04-04 Hail 1.25" 6.6 mi
2023-04-04 Hail 1.50" 6.5 mi
2023-04-04 Hail 1.75" 4.3 mi
2022-08-27 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.5 mi
2022-06-07 Hail 1.75" 9.2 mi

2025-07-07: “Social media report with top of a large tree snapped. Time estimated from radar.”

2024-04-26: “Delayed report, time estimated by radar.”

2024-04-16: “This was a brief tornado which occurred west of Bedford moving due north just west of Highway 2 in Taylor County. This tornado did some low end damage to outbuildings before dissipating.”

Disputing a claim at a Gravity 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