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Malcom, 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 Malcom city centroid, 1950 to present.

76hail events since 1950
52≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2003-05-10
2024-10-24most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 0.88" (nickel)
2023 9 2.75" (baseball)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 1 1.25" (half dollar)

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
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.8 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 2.9 mi
2024-10-24 Hail 0.88" 8.8 mi
2024-08-15 Hail 0.75" 6 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 8.9 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 2.00" 8.8 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.00" 7.3 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.75" 6.6 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 2.75" 5.8 mi

2025-07-29: “Personal weather station gust to 63 mph.”

2025-06-20: “Delayed report of tree damage, solar farm damage, and large branches downed mainly on the north side of Grinnell.”

2025-03-14: “Two semis blown over.”

Disputing a claim at a Malcom 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