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HailEvidencehail history → Walton, IN

Walton, 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 Walton city centroid, 1950 to present.

63hail events since 1950
30≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
1.75"largest on record · 1976-03-12
2026-02-19most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2025 0
2024 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 2 0.88" (nickel)
2016 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 0.88" (nickel)
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
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
2026-02-19 Hail 1.50" 9.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.4 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 1.6 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.8 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.5 mi
2025-04-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.1 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.4 mi
2025-03-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 10 mi
2025-03-19 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi

2025-05-16: “Large tree and power line down on the 6000 block of CR E 90 S.”

2025-05-16: “Multiple trees down in and around Walton.”

2025-05-16: “Power poles leaning on W County Road 300 S near CR 125 W.”

Disputing a claim at a Walton 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