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Hartford City, IN 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 Hartford City city centroid, 1950 to present.

66hail events since 1950
45≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2001-04-09
2024-04-17most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 0
2017 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 0
2014 1 0.88" (nickel)
2013 0
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
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.3 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 100 mph 8.6 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.3 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.3 mi
2024-04-17 Hail 0.88" 2.2 mi
2024-04-17 Hail 1.00" 0.3 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.00" 4.9 mi
2023-08-17 Hail 1.25" 9.9 mi
2023-07-28 Hail 1.00" 8.3 mi

2025-05-16: “Three foot diameter tree down across Wheeling Pike and CR 600.”

2025-04-02: “A personal weather station measured a 100 mph thunderstorm wind gust.”

2025-04-02: “Large tree down near Mill Grove.”

Disputing a claim at a Hartford City 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