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Brewster, 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 Brewster city centroid, 1950 to present.

141hail events since 1950
86≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1990-05-08
2025-08-29most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 2 3.00" (tea cup)
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 7 2.50" (tennis ball)
2020 0
2019 12 3.00" (tea cup)
2018 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 7 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 8 2.50" (tennis ball)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 2.75" (baseball)
2013 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2012 2 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
2025-08-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 2.3 mi
2025-08-29 Hail 1.50" 0.3 mi
2025-08-29 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 0.3 mi
2025-08-29 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 0.3 mi
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.9 mi
2025-08-08 Hail 1.00" 9.3 mi
2025-07-06 Thunderstorm Wind 82 mph 8 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 10 mi
2024-09-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8 mi
2024-07-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.8 mi

2025-08-29: “A semi truck was blown over on westbound I-70 southwest of Brewster in Sherman County.”

2025-08-29: “EM reported ping pong ball hail in Brewster.”

2025-08-29: “A powerline was reported down in Brewster.”

Disputing a claim at a Brewster 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