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Beatrice, NE 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 Beatrice city centroid, 1950 to present.

103hail events since 1950
74≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.00"largest on record · 2022-06-11
2024-04-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 9 5.00" (grapefruit)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 2 0.88" (nickel)
2013 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2012 0

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
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.5 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 72 mph 9.3 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 5.3 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 1.9 mi
2024-05-06 Tornado EF0 9.3 mi
2024-05-06 Tornado EF0 4.4 mi
2024-04-22 Hail 1.50" 1.9 mi
2023-10-03 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.2 mi
2023-08-11 Hail 1.00" 8.8 mi
2023-08-11 Hail 1.00" 7.8 mi

2025-03-14: “Public reported measured wind gust of 58 mph.”

2024-06-26: “Emergency Management reported a 72 miles per hour wind gust that was recorded northeast of Harbine.”

2024-06-26: “A 62 miles per hour wind gust was recorded by a personal weather station.”

Disputing a claim at a Beatrice 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