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Martensdale, 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 Martensdale city centroid, 1950 to present.

193hail events since 1950
117≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1981-04-10
2025-09-16most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.00" (quarter)
2024 6 1.00" (quarter)
2023 12 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 7 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 1 0.88" (nickel)
2015 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 13 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.00" (quarter)

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
2025-09-16 Hail 0.75" 7.9 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.8 mi
2025-05-19 Hail 1.00" 9.9 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 0.75" 9.2 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.8 mi
2024-07-24 Hail 1.00" 6.1 mi
2024-06-25 Tornado EFU 7.3 mi
2024-06-25 Hail 1.00" 4.2 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6.9 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6.9 mi

2025-09-16: “Delayed report from mping.”

2025-06-26: “Report via personal weather station.”

2025-05-19: “Delayed report, time estimated by radar.”

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25