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Washta, 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 Washta city centroid, 1950 to present.

97hail events since 1950
51≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-06-19
2025-06-14most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 0.88" (nickel)
2024 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 0
2022 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 1 0.75" (penny)
2018 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 0
2016 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
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
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi
2025-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 9.3 mi
2025-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi
2025-06-14 Hail 0.88" 9.3 mi
2025-06-14 Hail 0.88" 8.9 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 85 mph 9 mi
2024-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.5 mi

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

2025-06-16: “Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Pierson.”

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

Disputing a claim at a Washta 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