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Lake Petersburg, 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 Lake Petersburg city centroid, 1950 to present.

83hail events since 1950
47≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 1991-12-08
2025-05-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 0
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 3 0.88" (nickel)
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 3 1.75" (golf ball)

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
2025-07-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2025-06-18 Tornado EF1 5.8 mi
2025-06-18 Tornado EFU 8.1 mi
2025-06-18 Tornado EF1 3.3 mi
2025-06-18 Tornado EFU 7.4 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.9 mi
2025-05-15 Hail 1.00" 7.4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.8 mi

2025-07-25: “A few trees and tree branches were blown down.”

2025-06-18: “Sentinel satellite data indicated a tornado began 2.6 miles northwest of Berlin in Sangamon County. The tornado tracked northeast through Sangamon County, damaging trees and grain bins, eventually crossing County Road 7 into Menard County. It produced tree damage at a residence just north of County ”

2025-06-18: “Video shared by a trained spotter showed a brief tornado occurred in eastern Cass County south of Newmansville. Sentinel satellite imagery showed the track began near Carson Road south of Cox Creek Road, and tracked northeast through mainly farm fields to Pschirrer Road. It crossed County Line Road ”

Disputing a claim at a Lake Petersburg 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