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Saginaw, 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 Saginaw city centroid, 1950 to present.

263hail events since 1950
172≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-04-21
2025-09-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 10 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 10 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 32 2.75" (baseball)
2016 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2012 5 1.75" (golf 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
2025-09-16 Hail 1.25" 5.7 mi
2025-06-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.5 mi
2025-06-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.9 mi
2025-06-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.8 mi
2025-06-08 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.1 mi
2025-06-06 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 1.9 mi
2025-05-21 Hail 1.00" 6.1 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.7 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 4.3 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.7 mi

2025-09-16: “Hail to the size of half dollars fell just south of Joplin.”

2025-06-08: “Large tree branches and a tree was snapped off of Bagdad road south of Galena.”

2025-06-08: “Eight inch tree limbs were downed near Galena, Kansas.”

Disputing a claim at a Saginaw 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