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Grainfield, 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 Grainfield city centroid, 1950 to present.

180hail events since 1950
123≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2008-05-23
2025-08-03most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 2.75" (baseball)
2024 12 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 8 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 3 1.00" (quarter)
2020 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2019 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 7 2.75" (baseball)
2017 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 1 0.88" (nickel)
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
2025-09-22 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.2 mi
2025-08-03 Hail 2.75" 6.9 mi
2025-08-03 Hail 2.75" 1.2 mi
2025-08-03 Hail 2.00" 0.3 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 1.00" 4.4 mi
2025-05-18 Tornado EF3 8.8 mi
2025-05-18 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 6.5 mi
2025-05-18 Tornado EF3 7 mi
2025-05-18 Tornado EF2 7.3 mi
2024-08-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.8 mi

2025-09-22: “Mesonet report of 60 MPH gust.”

2025-08-03: “Social media report of hail ranging from golf ball to baseball in size.”

2025-08-03: “Wind-driven baseball-sized hail damaged vehicles along I-70, including the destruction of windshields. Report was relayed by broadcast media.”

Storm-day records for Grainfield — “did it hail on this 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