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Gaylord, 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 Gaylord city centroid, 1950 to present.

113hail events since 1950
73≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1991-05-29
2024-05-06most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2020 0
2019 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.00" (quarter)
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 1 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
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.4 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.5 mi
2024-07-19 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 9.7 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.75" 5.5 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.75" 9.7 mi
2024-05-01 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 8.4 mi
2023-07-16 Hail 1.75" 5 mi
2023-07-16 Hail 0.75" 5.4 mi
2023-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 8.4 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.7 mi

2025-08-09: “A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by the Smith Center Airport AWOS.”

2024-07-31: “Delayed video from social media showing power pole damage in the area as well as damage to a grain bin.”

2024-07-19: “A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by the Smith Center Airport AWOS. Social media reports noted tree damage across town, and that about 20 percent of the town lost power.”

Disputing a claim at a Gaylord 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