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Durand, 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 Durand city centroid, 1950 to present.

43hail events since 1950
30≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2020-04-07
2024-05-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 3 3.00" (tea cup)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 1.75" (golf ball)
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
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.9 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 3.6 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.4 mi
2024-05-04 Hail 1.00" 5.3 mi
2024-04-27 Hail 0.75" 8.1 mi
2024-04-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.5 mi
2024-03-04 Hail 1.00" 8.8 mi
2024-03-04 Hail 1.50" 8.2 mi
2024-02-27 Hail 1.50" 7.3 mi
2023-07-26 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7 mi

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

2024-05-21: “Power lines were blown down.”

2024-04-16: “Power lines were downed in Durand.”

Disputing a claim at a Durand 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