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Findlay, 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 Findlay city centroid, 1950 to present.

39hail events since 1950
24≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 1998-04-07
2024-07-31most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 0
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
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
2025-07-06 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.4 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.3 mi
2025-03-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.2 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.2 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.9 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2024-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.4 mi
2024-05-21 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.1 mi

2025-07-06: “A tree was blown onto power lines.”

2025-06-18: “Half of a large tree was blown down onto a home in Sullivan.”

2025-05-16: “Several large tree branches were blown down.”

Disputing a claim at a Findlay 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