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West Point, 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 West Point city centroid, 1950 to present.

73hail events since 1950
45≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1992-06-17
2024-04-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 4 4.00" (softball)
2019 2 0.88" (nickel)
2018 0
2017 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 2 0.88" (nickel)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 6 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
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
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.7 mi
2025-06-03 Tornado EF0 9.3 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 8.3 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 8.3 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 9.7 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.1 mi
2024-04-16 Hail 0.88" 7.6 mi
2024-04-16 Hail 1.00" 1 mi
2024-04-16 Tornado EF2 9.7 mi
2024-03-13 Hail 1.50" 6.7 mi

2025-07-11: “As storm and winds moved in, top of tree knocked over. Time of the event was estimated using radar.”

2025-06-03: “A brief EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph touched down southwest of Ft Madison Iowa. This derailed a train. It also damaged an irrigator, a garage, and trees.”

2025-06-03: “Widespread significant tree damage throughout all of Fort Madison from 53rd street to 6th street. Trees down on houses and trees on roads. Time estimated from radar data.”

Disputing a claim at a West Point 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