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Harvey, 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 Harvey city centroid, 1950 to present.

130hail events since 1950
95≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2015-06-20
2024-10-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 12 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 2 0.88" (nickel)
2021 7 2.50" (tennis ball)
2020 0
2019 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 2 0.88" (nickel)
2017 10 2.75" (baseball)
2016 0
2015 6 4.00" (softball)
2014 0
2013 0
2012 2 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.4 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.2 mi
2024-10-04 Hail 1.00" 7.6 mi
2024-10-04 Hail 1.75" 8.8 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 0.2 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.2 mi
2024-07-30 Hail 1.00" 8.1 mi
2024-07-30 Hail 1.25" 6.6 mi
2024-07-30 Hail 1.00" 6.5 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.4 mi

2025-06-20: “Delayed report, relayed by media of large branches downed in Pella.”

2025-03-14: “Power pole snapped off in Knoxville. Time estimated.”

2024-10-04: “Relayed by local radio. Time estimated by radio.”

Disputing a claim at a Harvey 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