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Pecatonica, 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 Pecatonica city centroid, 1950 to present.

62hail events since 1950
42≥ 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 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 6 3.00" (tea cup)
2019 0
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 2 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 64 mph 6 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 3.9 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 9.5 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 8.8 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 5.6 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 5.3 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 9.9 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6.6 mi
2024-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.8 mi
2024-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.9 mi

2025-03-14: “Numerous large tree limbs and branches were down around WREX-TV on the north side of Winnebago.”

2024-07-15: “A few large tree limbs were blown down and corn was bent over.”

2024-07-15: “A public report of a large tree that was snapped, with multiple large branches downed by the winds.”

Disputing a claim at a Pecatonica 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