HailEvidence NWS storm records · per-address verification

HailEvidencehail history → Reading, KS

Reading, 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 Reading city centroid, 1950 to present.

120hail events since 1950
87≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1962-05-24
2026-04-13most recent hail event

Check hail at your exact Reading address — free

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 0
2020 7 2.75" (baseball)
2019 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 4 2.75" (baseball)
2017 0
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 0
2014 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 0
2012 4 1.00" (quarter)

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
2026-04-26 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.8 mi
2026-04-17 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2026-04-13 Hail 1.25" 3.4 mi
2026-04-13 Hail 1.75" 3.9 mi
2026-04-13 Hail 2.00" 0.7 mi
2026-04-13 Hail 2.00" 6.9 mi
2026-04-13 Hail 2.00" 7.4 mi
2024-06-28 Tornado EF0 5.2 mi
2024-06-28 Tornado EFU 7 mi
2023-07-30 Hail 1.75" 8.6 mi

2026-04-26: “Measured with handheld anemometer.”

2026-04-17: “Tree damage was also reported.”

2024-06-28: “A brief tornado developed south of Barclay, staying mostly over open fields but producing some minor tree damage.”

Disputing a claim at a Reading address?

This page covers the city. A claim is argued about one property, so start with the free address check — it counts the recorded events around your address, not the city centroid. If you need the record itself in writing, that's the citable verification report — $29.

Check hail at your Reading address — free

Type a street address — or just a ZIP code. We measure it against every hail event the National Weather Service recorded in the last 10 years and show you how many fall within 1, 3 and 10 miles — free, instantly, nothing stored. Rural property with no street address? Enter coordinates as 44.05, -107.31.

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.

Roof damaged near Reading? Get a repair quote from a local roofer

Free for homeowners. We route your request to one local roofing pro who works storm damage around Reading — one contact, never a call-list blast.

Nearby hail history

Lebo, KSOsage City, KSOlivet, KSEmporia, KSLyndon, KSAmericus, KSMelvern, KSBurlingame, KSBushong, KSHarveyville, KS
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 2026-08-10