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Ladd, 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 Ladd city centroid, 1950 to present.

86hail events since 1950
56≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1992-04-15
2023-04-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 8 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 0
2020 1 0.75" (penny)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 5 1.00" (quarter)
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
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
2025-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.6 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.7 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 4 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.3 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 4.7 mi
2024-07-14 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 4 mi
2024-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.7 mi
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 10 mi

2025-07-16: “Wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 mph.”

2025-07-10: “Depue Fire reported trees and limbs down throughout town, some of which were blocking roadways. They also reported minor flooding. Time estimated using radar.”

2025-03-14: “KVYS gusted to 67 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Ladd 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