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Montour, 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 Montour city centroid, 1950 to present.

50hail events since 1950
38≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.75"largest on record · 1987-08-16
2023-07-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1 0.88" (nickel)
2013 4 1.25" (half dollar)
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
2025-06-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.4 mi
2024-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.1 mi
2024-05-27 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.9 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.2 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.4 mi
2023-07-28 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.9 mi
2023-07-13 Hail 1.00" 9.4 mi
2023-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.9 mi
2023-03-31 Hail 1.75" 7.9 mi

2025-06-20: “Delayed report of power pole damage north of Montour.”

2024-07-28: “Powerline down and an out building destroyed. Time estimated by radar.”

2024-05-27: “Delayed report of several trees down in town. In addition, up to 2 inches in depth of half to three-quarter inch diameter hail. Time estimated from radar.”

Disputing a claim at a Montour 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