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Stafford, 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 Stafford city centroid, 1950 to present.

212hail events since 1950
144≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-05-08
2025-09-08most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 9 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 14 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2012 9 2.50" (tennis 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
2025-09-08 Hail 1.00" 6.1 mi
2025-07-21 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.8 mi
2025-05-18 Tornado EF3 9.9 mi
2024-08-16 Hail 1.00" 9.1 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.00" 1.5 mi
2023-05-09 Hail 1.25" 0.2 mi
2023-05-09 Hail 1.75" 9.1 mi
2023-05-09 Hail 1.00" 9.1 mi
2023-03-31 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.1 mi
2022-06-22 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 3.1 mi

2025-09-08: “A 1 inch hail report from the public.”

2025-07-21: “Measured wind gusts.”

2025-05-18: “Based on the NWS storm survey, the tornado started in Pratt County then went into Stafford County before entering western Reno County. The total track of the tornado was around 32 miles with 21 of those in Reno County. A peak of EF3 damage was found with estimated winds of 155 mph occurring in Staff”

Storm-day records for Stafford — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Stafford has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Type a street address. 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.

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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 2026-07-25