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Bonfield, IL 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 Bonfield city centroid, 1950 to present.

61hail events since 1950
40≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 2003-07-17
2025-03-19most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 0
2023 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 0
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 1 0.75" (penny)
2013 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2012 5 1.00" (quarter)

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
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.3 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 74 mph 1.8 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.5 mi
2025-03-19 Hail 1.00" 9.4 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 9.2 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 8.6 mi
2024-07-15 Tornado EF0 8.7 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6 mi
2024-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.2 mi

2025-07-10: “Four power lines were blown down and several tree limbs 6 inches in diameter were snapped. Vegetation was reported flattened.”

2025-07-10: “Five utility poles were blown down at 9000N and 3250W Roads.”

2025-05-15: “A private weather station measured a wind gust to 73.6 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Bonfield 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