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McDonald, 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 McDonald city centroid, 1950 to present.

148hail events since 1950
98≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1996-08-02
2025-08-09most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2024 7 1.00" (quarter)
2023 12 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 0
2021 3 1.00" (quarter)
2020 3 1.00" (quarter)
2019 7 2.50" (tennis ball)
2018 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2014 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 2 1.75" (golf ball)
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
2025-08-09 Hail 0.88" 8.8 mi
2025-08-07 Hail 1.25" 8.8 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9 mi
2025-08-07 Hail 0.75" 6.6 mi
2025-08-07 Hail 2.00" 8.4 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.6 mi
2025-07-19 Hail 0.88" 0.4 mi
2025-07-10 Hail 0.75" 0 mi
2025-06-16 Hail 1.00" 0 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.8 mi

2025-08-09: “Nickel size hail accumulating on streets and in yards.”

2025-08-07: “Public report of hail up to 1-1.25 inches in Bird City.”

2025-08-07: “Picture of a large tree branch down estimated around 2-3 inches. Additional other tree limbs were down around town as well. Portion of a wooden fence was also blown down as well. A large steel tank was also rolled. Unknown if the steel tank was full or empty or how far it rolled.”

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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