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Lockport, 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 Lockport city centroid, 1950 to present.

233hail events since 1950
130≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1961-04-23
2025-05-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 17 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 2 0.75" (penny)
2019 13 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 1 0.75" (penny)
2017 15 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 0
2015 11 2.00" (hen egg)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 9 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
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 1 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.1 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.3 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.4 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 7.8 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 9.8 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 5.5 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7.8 mi
2025-07-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.7 mi

2025-08-16: “Whole trees were snapped in the vicinity of the Lockport High School baseball fields.”

2025-08-16: “Several large branches were broken in Lockport. The large trunk of a rotted tree also fell onto a house.”

2025-08-16: “Roofing material was pulled off of a strip mall near IL-53 and Romeo Rd in Romeoville. A gas station canopy was also damaged and tilting nearby. Tree damage in the area extended from Romeoville High School north to Normantown Rd.”

Disputing a claim at a Lockport 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