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Sharon, 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 Sharon city centroid, 1950 to present.

165hail events since 1950
96≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2003-07-09
2025-04-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 5 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 10 2.50" (tennis ball)
2015 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2014 0
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)

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
2025-09-23 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 7.6 mi
2025-04-22 Hail 1.75" 7.4 mi
2025-04-22 Hail 1.75" 9.2 mi
2024-10-21 Hail 1.75" 9.3 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 7.6 mi
2024-06-13 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 7.6 mi
2024-06-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2024-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.6 mi
2024-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.6 mi
2024-05-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.6 mi

2025-09-23: “The KP28 AWOS reported a 61 mph wind gust.”

2025-04-22: “Barber County emergency manager sent a picture of gold ball size hail via Slack.”

2025-04-22: “Picture of golf ball size hail sent via social media.”

Disputing a claim at a Sharon 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