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Cuba, 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 Cuba city centroid, 1950 to present.

174hail events since 1950
115≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1957-05-20
2023-07-30most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 5 2.75" (baseball)
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 1 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
2023-07-30 Hail 1.50" 1.6 mi
2023-07-22 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.4 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 9.3 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 9.6 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 7.5 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.00" 9.5 mi
2022-04-12 Hail 0.88" 7.3 mi
2022-04-12 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.3 mi
2022-04-12 Hail 1.00" 3.8 mi
2021-12-15 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.6 mi

2023-07-30: “Ping pong ball sized hail reported.”

2023-07-22: “Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down across a road in town.”

2023-06-29: “Large metal outbuilding suffered partial wall and roof damage. Some trees snapped. House suffered minor roof damage.”

Disputing a claim at a Cuba 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