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Sherrard, 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 Sherrard city centroid, 1950 to present.

88hail events since 1950
56≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1981-04-13
2025-03-28most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 9 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 4 3.00" (tea cup)
2022 3 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 4 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 0

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
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.7 mi
2025-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.4 mi
2025-06-03 Tornado EF1 9.4 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.1 mi
2025-06-03 Tornado EF1 7.4 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 8.7 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 8.7 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.5 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.5 mi
2025-04-20 Tornado EF0 6.5 mi

2025-08-18: “Power lines were blown down in Coal Valley.”

2025-06-03: “This EF1 tornado, with maximum winds of 95 mph, tracked through Reynolds producing damage to mainly trees.”

2025-06-03: “Numerous tree branches blown down.”

Disputing a claim at a Sherrard 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