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Cordova, 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 Cordova city centroid, 1950 to present.

70hail events since 1950
37≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
7.00"largest on record · 1959-09-27
2025-04-17most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 0.75" (penny)
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 9 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 3 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.00" (quarter)
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
2012 2 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
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.7 mi
2025-07-11 Tornado EF0 8.5 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 5.7 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.7 mi
2025-04-21 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 6.5 mi
2025-04-20 Tornado EF0 0.6 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 0.75" 6.4 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.6 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.7 mi
2024-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.6 mi

2025-08-18: “Several tree limbs were blown down, 6 to 10 inches across, around town. Power lines are also down from the limbs.”

2025-07-11: “This short-lived tornado peeled an approximately 45 x 40 sheet metal section of an outbuilding roof and threw it over 100 yards into a corn field. There was also crop and minor tree damage, and a nearby billboard with some damage.”

2025-07-11: “A trained spotter reported several trees down in LeClaire. the time of the event was estimated using radar.”

Disputing a claim at a Cordova 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