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West Marion, NC 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 West Marion city centroid, 1950 to present.

127hail events since 1950
60≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2000-05-24
2025-06-25most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 1 0.75" (penny)
2023 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 6 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 3 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 3 1.00" (quarter)
2014 10 1.00" (quarter)
2013 0
2012 11 2.00" (hen egg)

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
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.5 mi
2025-06-25 Hail 1.00" 5.5 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.6 mi
2025-05-08 Hail 1.75" 7.8 mi
2025-05-08 Hail 1.00" 2 mi
2024-08-02 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.5 mi
2024-05-08 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 10 mi
2024-05-08 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4.2 mi
2024-04-16 Hail 0.75" 6.1 mi
2023-07-29 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6 mi

2025-06-25: “Emergency manager reported trees blown down and blocking Highway 70.”

2025-06-25: “Public reported (via Social Media) up to quarter size hail just east of Marion.”

2025-06-25: “Emergency manager reported trees blown down near the intersection of Hankins Rd and Yancey Rd. Another tree was blown down on a vehicle just east of Marion.”

Storm-day records for West Marion — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in West Marion has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25