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Swedesburg, 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 Swedesburg city centroid, 1950 to present.

52hail events since 1950
33≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 2006-03-12
2023-05-07most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 0
2021 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 1 0.88" (nickel)
2015 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)

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
2025-03-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.9 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 10 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.5 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 6.2 mi
2024-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.9 mi
2023-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.4 mi
2023-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.4 mi
2023-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 7.5 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.25" 6.3 mi
2021-07-09 Hail 1.50" 9.1 mi

2025-03-19: “Measured by wind equipement. Time estimated from radar information.”

2025-03-14: “Wind equipement measured gust.”

2025-03-14: “Measured by wind equipement.”

Disputing a claim at a Swedesburg 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