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Linn 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 Linn Grove city centroid, 1950 to present.

95hail events since 1950
57≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1986-07-28
2024-05-20most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 4 1.00" (quarter)
2018 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 0
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
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 10 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 4.4 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 1.50" 9.4 mi
2024-05-20 Hail 1.50" 9.9 mi
2023-07-26 Hail 1.00" 6.1 mi
2023-07-12 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.2 mi
2023-07-03 Hail 1.75" 9.8 mi
2023-06-24 Hail 1.00" 9.3 mi
2022-04-12 Hail 1.25" 1.8 mi
2021-12-15 Tornado EF2 5.5 mi

2024-05-21: “Several power poles were leaning due to thunderstorm winds.”

2024-05-21: “Thunderstorm wind gusts blew a tree onto a house.”

2024-05-20: “Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.”

Disputing a claim at a Linn 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