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Butler, 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 Butler city centroid, 1950 to present.

80hail events since 1950
44≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2011-05-28
2024-03-14most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 1 0.75" (penny)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1 0.88" (nickel)
2013 0
2012 1 1.75" (golf 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
2026-01-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.2 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 1.9 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 74 mph 6.1 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 2.00" 7.4 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.00" 7.1 mi
2023-08-25 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.4 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.4 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.7 mi
2023-05-14 Hail 1.00" 6.4 mi

2026-01-08: “Thunderstorm winds caused sporadic damage from Hillsboro northeastward to the Shelby/Montgomery/Christian county line. Municipalities include Irving, where a power pole was downed near McCords Trail and IL 16 along the Union Pacific railroad, Witt, Coalton, Nokomis, and Ohlman.”

2025-05-16: “Thunderstorm winds uprooted a few small trees in Taylor Springs.”

2025-05-16: “Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Route 16 and Route 127.”

Storm-day records for Butler — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Butler has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25