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Matthews, 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 Matthews city centroid, 1950 to present.

103hail events since 1950
60≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2001-04-09
2025-06-18most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 2 0.75" (penny)
2017 1 0.75" (penny)
2016 2 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
2025-06-18 Hail 1.25" 8.9 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.4 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 0.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.4 mi
2025-04-02 Tornado EF1 9.7 mi
2025-04-02 Hail 0.75" 8.9 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 100 mph 8.7 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.9 mi
2024-05-07 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.3 mi

2025-06-18: “Report from mping.”

2025-06-18: “Public report of a large tree down in Jonesboro.”

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

Disputing a claim at a Matthews 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