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Kirkville, 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 Kirkville city centroid, 1950 to present.

78hail events since 1950
50≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1990-08-28
2023-07-17most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2 0.75" (penny)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 0
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2012 4 2.50" (tennis ball)

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 3.6 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 3.6 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 6.1 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 3.6 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 74 mph 3.6 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 3.6 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 3.6 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 6.1 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 6.1 mi
2024-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4 mi

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

2024-07-29: “The Oskaloosa AWOS statin reported a 62 mph gust in the 10 min period ending at 135 am CDT.”

2024-05-24: “Peak wind gust reported at the Oskaloosa Airport.”

Disputing a claim at a Kirkville 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