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Auburn, KS 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 Auburn city centroid, 1950 to present.

257hail events since 1950
173≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.25"largest on record · 2011-05-21
2023-04-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 11 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 13 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 8 2.00" (hen egg)
2012 25 2.50" (tennis 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
2024-09-24 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.8 mi
2024-09-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.8 mi
2024-09-21 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.8 mi
2024-09-21 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.1 mi
2024-09-21 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 10 mi
2024-08-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.8 mi
2024-08-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.8 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.6 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 77 mph 8.6 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.3 mi

2024-09-24: “NWS employee estimated 60 mph wind gusts.”

2024-09-24: “NWS employee observed a five inch diameter tree branch downed half a mile east of his home.”

2024-09-21: “Report from mping of three inch diameter tree branches down.”

Disputing a claim at a Auburn 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