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Mercer, 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 Mercer city centroid, 1950 to present.

68hail events since 1950
41≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1971-05-05
2024-05-26most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2020 0
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 0
2016 1 0.75" (penny)
2015 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
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
2025-09-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.8 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 0.3 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 4.1 mi
2025-08-07 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 5.5 mi
2024-05-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.6 mi
2024-05-26 Hail 2.00" 5.2 mi
2024-05-26 Hail 1.00" 0.1 mi
2023-06-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.8 mi
2023-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.3 mi

2025-09-17: “Downed tree limbs reported in the Lineville area near the Iowa state line.”

2025-08-07: “Wires down and widespread power outages in northern Mercer County.”

2025-08-07: “Damage to a structure along US Highway 65 along with a snapped power pole.”

Disputing a claim at a Mercer 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