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Cozad, 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 Cozad city centroid, 1950 to present.

144hail events since 1950
104≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-08-10
2025-05-18most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 3 4.00" (softball)
2023 3 2.75" (baseball)
2022 4 1.00" (quarter)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 0
2019 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 0
2017 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 2 0.88" (nickel)
2014 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2012 18 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
2025-05-18 Hail 1.00" 7.8 mi
2024-07-06 Hail 1.75" 7.8 mi
2024-07-06 Hail 2.00" 4.3 mi
2024-06-29 Hail 4.00" 0.3 mi
2024-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 5.3 mi
2024-06-21 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 2.1 mi
2024-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.8 mi
2024-05-23 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 8.7 mi
2024-04-06 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.7 mi
2024-04-06 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.8 mi

2024-07-06: “Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in the area.”

2024-06-29: “Emergency management reported widespread significant damage across Cozad from large hail up to four inches in diameter. The local hospital was damaged enough from broken windows, roof damage, and leaking water that patients had to be transferred to nearby hospitals for a period of time. One injury w”

2024-06-21: “Wind gusts estimated to be between 70 and 90 MPH resulted in several overturned irrigation pivots and tree damage in the area, including larger snapped limbs and trunks.”

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

Each recorded hail day in Cozad 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