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Winfield, 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 Winfield city centroid, 1950 to present.

37hail events since 1950
25≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2003-04-30
2024-10-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 0.88" (nickel)
2022 0
2021 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 1 0.88" (nickel)
2015 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 0
2012 2 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 6.5 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.7 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 9.9 mi
2024-10-04 Hail 1.00" 9.7 mi
2024-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.6 mi
2023-06-04 Hail 0.88" 8.4 mi
2023-06-04 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.4 mi
2023-06-04 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 8.4 mi
2023-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 6.7 mi
2023-03-31 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 9 mi

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

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

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

Disputing a claim at a Winfield 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