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WaKeeney, 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 WaKeeney city centroid, 1950 to present.

157hail events since 1950
105≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1978-06-19
2025-09-14most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.00" (quarter)
2024 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 3 1.00" (quarter)
2021 8 4.00" (softball)
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 6 2.75" (baseball)
2018 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 11 4.25" (softball)
2016 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 7 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
2025-09-14 Hail 1.00" 3.2 mi
2025-07-21 Hail 1.00" 0.5 mi
2025-05-18 Hail 1.00" 8.5 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 8.8 mi
2024-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 84 mph 4.7 mi
2024-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.5 mi
2024-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 0.7 mi
2024-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.9 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.00" 8.5 mi
2024-05-01 Hail 1.75" 4.3 mi

2025-09-14: “Trego county emergency manager reported quarter sized hail 3 W of Wakeeney.”

2025-05-18: “A storm chaser reported 1 inch hail.”

2024-06-07: “Wind report of 60 mph.”

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

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

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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