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Vining, 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 Vining city centroid, 1950 to present.

137hail events since 1950
100≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1999-05-30
2023-06-29most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 0
2019 4 1.00" (quarter)
2018 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 0
2016 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 4 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 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
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 6.4 mi
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.9 mi
2023-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.6 mi
2023-06-29 Hail 1.50" 9.3 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 9.7 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 6.5 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 8.8 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 8 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 79 mph 7.9 mi
2023-05-07 Hail 1.00" 5.9 mi

2023-07-28: “Report of wind gust around 66 mph.”

2023-07-28: “Report of large tree limbs down.”

2023-07-28: “Wind gusts to 60 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Vining 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