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Mission, 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 Mission city centroid, 1950 to present.

614hail events since 1950
408≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2003-06-22
2025-09-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 19 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 29 2.75" (baseball)
2023 2 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 0
2021 16 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 26 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 14 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 28 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 0.75" (penny)
2014 17 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 8 1.00" (quarter)
2012 4 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 3.4 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.75" 3.4 mi
2025-09-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi
2025-09-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 3.5 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 3 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.25" 2.5 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 2 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3.5 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 3.9 mi

2025-09-16: “Social media picture of quarter size hail in Shawnee.”

2025-09-16: “Golf ball sized hail reported in Shawnee.”

2025-09-16: “Several reports of downed tree limbs on 53rd Street.”

Disputing a claim at a Mission 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