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Butler, 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 Butler city centroid, 1950 to present.

91hail events since 1950
55≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2003-05-08
2025-09-03most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.00" (quarter)
2024 0
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 4 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 2 0.88" (nickel)
2018 0
2017 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 0
2015 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 0

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
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7 mi
2025-09-03 Hail 1.00" 7.7 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.8 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2025-09-03 Hail 1.00" 9.8 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.8 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.8 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.7 mi
2025-09-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.7 mi

2025-09-03: “Several reports of downed tree limbs and wires between Passaic and Ballard.”

2025-09-03: “Estimated 70 mph winds south of Adrian.”

2025-09-03: “Quarter size hail reported south of Adrian.”

Disputing a claim at a Butler 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