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Spring Bay, 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 Spring Bay city centroid, 1950 to present.

145hail events since 1950
86≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2003-05-28
2024-05-02most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 4 1.00" (quarter)
2023 23 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 9 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 3 1.00" (quarter)
2019 7 1.00" (quarter)
2018 2 0.88" (nickel)
2017 15 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 2 1.00" (quarter)
2013 6 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 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
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.7 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.1 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.2 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.7 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6 mi
2025-05-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 1.8 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.8 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.6 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.4 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2 mi

2025-08-18: “A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts on the north side of Peoria.”

2025-05-20: “Several small tree branches were blown down across Peoria.”

2025-05-20: “Several small tree branches were blown down.”

Disputing a claim at a Spring Bay 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