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Plainville, 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 Plainville city centroid, 1950 to present.

55hail events since 1950
33≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1996-05-28
2024-03-14most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 0.88" (nickel)
2022 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 0
2015 1 0.88" (nickel)
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 7 1.75" (golf ball)

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
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.7 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.7 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 9.1 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.7 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.2 mi
2025-03-15 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 8.4 mi
2024-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.9 mi
2024-06-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2024-05-26 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.9 mi

2025-07-28: “Thunderstorm winds downed trees and lines at numerous spots in town, including roof damage to a structure on Lawton Street.”

2025-06-18: “Tree blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.”

2025-06-18: “Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and limbs in the area.”

Disputing a claim at a Plainville 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