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Strafford, 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 Strafford city centroid, 1950 to present.

166hail events since 1950
96≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2008-01-07
2025-04-20most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 7 3.00" (tea cup)
2023 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 2 0.88" (nickel)
2020 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 14 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 9 1.25" (half dollar)
2013 5 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 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
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 10 mi
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.6 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.7 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 10 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.5 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.8 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.3 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.5 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.9 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.6 mi

2025-06-29: “Trees were down on power lines across a large portion of Springfield. Numerous poles were broken and lines down across the city.”

2025-06-29: “Trees down and partial road blockage in the area.”

2025-04-29: “Multiple trees were reported down.”

Disputing a claim at a Strafford 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