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Quimby, 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 Quimby city centroid, 1950 to present.

80hail events since 1950
41≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2011-04-09
2025-08-09most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2019 3 0.88" (nickel)
2018 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 0
2016 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 0
2014 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 0
2012 1 0.75" (penny)

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
2025-08-09 Hail 2.00" 9.6 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 6.8 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.5 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.5 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.4 mi
2025-04-18 Hail 1.00" 9.6 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.2 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.6 mi
2024-04-26 Hail 1.25" 5.4 mi
2022-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 7.9 mi

2025-06-16: “Winds were measured by a personal weather station.”

2025-06-16: “Thunderstorm winds peeled off portions of the roof of a building.”

2025-06-16: “Thunderstorm wind gusts brought several large limbs down. As a result of limbs coming down on powerlines around Cherokee, up to 1800 electrical customers were without power.”

Disputing a claim at a Quimby 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