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Smithville, 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 Smithville city centroid, 1950 to present.

169hail events since 1950
116≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 1965-09-13
2025-05-19most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 1 0.75" (penny)
2020 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 14 2.50" (tennis ball)
2018 1 0.75" (penny)
2017 9 2.75" (baseball)
2016 14 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 1 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-10-18 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.8 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.7 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.7 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.5 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.9 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.7 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.9 mi
2025-06-03 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 1.4 mi

2025-10-18: “Downed tree limbs and wires near Prospect Avenue.”

2025-06-26: “Downed wires near 116th Terrace.”

2025-06-26: “Downed wires near Ewing Avenue.”

Disputing a claim at a Smithville 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