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Congerville, 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 Congerville city centroid, 1950 to present.

73hail events since 1950
38≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1974-04-03
2025-12-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 3 0.88" (nickel)
2023 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 1 0.88" (nickel)
2017 0
2016 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 3 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
2025-12-28 Hail 1.00" 5.3 mi
2025-03-19 Hail 0.75" 4 mi
2025-03-19 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4 mi
2024-07-15 Tornado EFU 7.7 mi
2024-06-13 Hail 0.88" 9.7 mi
2024-06-13 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2024-06-13 Hail 0.88" 9.5 mi
2024-02-22 Hail 0.75" 4.1 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.4 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.1 mi

2025-03-19: “A trained spotter estimated 70 mph winds with dime-sized hail occurring at their location.”

2024-07-15: “Sentinel satellite data revealed a tornado began south of Deer Creek, near the intersection of Victory Hills Road and Dee-Mack Road, traveling southeast through a cornfield and ending just shy of Wurster Road. The maximum width occurred near Wurster Road.”

2024-06-13: “The siding and shingles of a house were damaged.”

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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