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Davis, 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 Davis city centroid, 1950 to present.

48hail events since 1950
33≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2008-06-12
2024-05-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 0
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 3 3.00" (tea cup)
2019 0
2018 2 0.75" (penny)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 0
2012 1 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-07-05 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 6.3 mi
2024-07-15 Tornado EFU 9.1 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6.7 mi
2024-05-04 Hail 1.00" 7.6 mi
2024-04-27 Hail 0.75" 4.2 mi
2024-04-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.5 mi
2024-02-27 Hail 1.50" 8.6 mi
2024-02-08 Hail 1.00" 6.3 mi
2023-07-26 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.5 mi
2023-03-31 Tornado EF0 9.1 mi

2025-07-05: “A public report that a large tree was reported down in Dakota, IL. The of the event was estimated using radar.”

2024-07-15: “A trained spotter video confirmed a short-lived tornado southwest of Dakota, or northeast of Freeport. There was no observed damage to assign a rating.”

2024-07-15: “Multiple reports of tree damage were received southeast of Durand.”

Disputing a claim at a Davis 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