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Hedrick, 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 Hedrick city centroid, 1950 to present.

36hail events since 1950
21≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1990-08-28
2024-10-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1 0.75" (penny)
2016 0
2015 2 0.88" (nickel)
2014 3 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 1 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
2025-07-22 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.5 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 8.5 mi
2024-10-04 Hail 1.00" 9.8 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.5 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 74 mph 8.5 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.5 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 8.5 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.1 mi
2024-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.9 mi
2023-03-31 Tornado EF2 7.7 mi

2025-07-22: “A 62 mph gust measured at the Ottumwa airport.”

2024-10-04: “A trained spotter reported damage to cars from hail.”

2024-07-30: “A Law Enforcement Officer reported down tree limbs.”

Disputing a claim at a Hedrick 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