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Swedona, 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 Swedona city centroid, 1950 to present.

74hail events since 1950
39≥ 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 5 3.00" (tea cup)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 0.88" (nickel)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 5 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
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
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 3.2 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 10 mi
2025-04-20 Tornado EF0 3.5 mi
2025-04-20 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 2.8 mi
2025-04-20 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.5 mi
2025-03-28 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2024-10-24 Hail 1.00" 6.2 mi
2024-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7 mi
2024-07-15 Tornado EF1 0.6 mi
2024-07-15 Tornado EF1 8.1 mi

2025-05-20: “A public report of two 2 to 3 inch diameter tree branches snapped by thunderstorm winds.”

2025-05-20: “A trained spotter report that a 7 inch diameter tree was uprooted this afternoon. The time of the event was estimated using radar.”

2025-04-20: “An EF-0 tornado with max wind speed of 85 MPH caused damage to trees and farm outbuildings along its two mile long path.”

Disputing a claim at a Swedona 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