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Plevna, 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 Plevna city centroid, 1950 to present.

143hail events since 1950
104≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-05-08
2023-07-14most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1 0.75" (penny)
2022 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 1 0.88" (nickel)
2016 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 10 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 14 2.00" (hen egg)

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
2024-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.1 mi
2023-07-14 Hail 0.75" 8.6 mi
2022-09-17 Hail 1.75" 6 mi
2022-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.7 mi
2021-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.5 mi
2020-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.8 mi
2020-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.5 mi
2020-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.5 mi
2020-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.5 mi
2019-08-13 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.1 mi

2024-05-19: “Wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 mph.”

2023-07-14: “Penny sized hail was falling with torrential rainfall.”

2022-05-17: “This was a measured wind gust at Mesonet station UP423 located 2.8 miles west of Langdon.”

Disputing a claim at a Plevna 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