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Fredonia, 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 Fredonia city centroid, 1950 to present.

127hail events since 1950
81≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1958-07-11
2024-08-16most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 4 1.00" (quarter)
2023 0
2022 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 1 2.50" (tennis ball)
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 0
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
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
2024-08-16 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2024-08-15 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.6 mi
2024-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 4.5 mi
2024-04-27 Tornado EFU 7.8 mi
2024-04-27 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 1.5 mi
2024-04-27 Tornado EFU 2.6 mi
2024-04-27 Hail 1.00" 8 mi
2024-04-26 Tornado EF2 8.5 mi
2024-04-26 Tornado EF0 1.9 mi
2024-04-26 Hail 1.00" 8 mi

2024-08-15: “Emergency manager said that columns were moved on a porch and small limbs were down at a property west of Altoona.”

2024-06-29: “An estimated 75 mph winds was reported.”

2024-04-27: “Brief tornado reported with no known damage.”

Storm-day records for Fredonia — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Fredonia has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25