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New Albany, 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 New Albany city centroid, 1950 to present.

113hail events since 1950
77≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1991-03-26
2025-07-11most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 0
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 0
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
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
2025-07-11 Hail 1.00" 6.4 mi
2025-07-11 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.4 mi
2024-08-16 Hail 1.00" 8.2 mi
2024-05-06 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 5.9 mi
2024-04-27 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 8.2 mi
2024-04-27 Tornado EFU 8 mi
2024-04-27 Hail 1.00" 1.3 mi
2024-04-26 Tornado EF0 8.6 mi
2024-04-26 Tornado EF2 6 mi
2024-04-26 Tornado EF0 5.1 mi

2025-07-11: “Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph.”

2024-05-06: “An estimated wind gust of 70 mph was reported by the fire department near Fall River.”

2024-04-27: “Part of a roof was blow off of one of the log buildings at the Old Iron Club and was laying across the road. The damage was concluded to be straight line winds as all of it went in one direction.”

Disputing a claim at a New Albany 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