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Alba, MO 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 Alba city centroid, 1950 to present.

168hail events since 1950
104≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1970-05-09
2025-04-29most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 2 0.75" (penny)
2020 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 4 1.00" (quarter)
2017 22 3.00" (tea cup)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 2 1.00" (quarter)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 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
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.9 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 6.3 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 7 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.50" 8.6 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.00" 5.6 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.75" 5.2 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.00" 3.5 mi
2025-04-29 Hail 1.00" 3.5 mi

2025-05-19: “Report of large trees down.”

2025-05-19: “Report of a roof torn off of a garage.”

2025-05-19: “The Joplin airport ASOS measured a 62 mph wind gust.”

Disputing a claim at a Alba 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