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Creston, 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 Creston city centroid, 1950 to present.

81hail events since 1950
52≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1968-07-17
2025-09-22most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 8 2.50" (tennis ball)
2022 0
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2017 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 0
2015 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
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
2025-09-22 Hail 0.75" 4.7 mi
2025-07-10 Hail 1.00" 5.6 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.4 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 6.1 mi
2024-07-07 Hail 1.75" 9.6 mi
2024-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.4 mi
2024-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.6 mi
2024-06-25 Hail 1.00" 7.3 mi
2024-06-25 Hail 1.25" 6.5 mi
2024-06-25 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi

2025-09-22: “Public report of hail estimated up to 0.75 inches in diameter. Report received via mPING.”

2025-07-10: “Report of hail estimated up to 1 in. in diameter. Report received via mPING.”

2025-05-19: “Emergency management report of a semi truck blow over east of Tarnov.”

Disputing a claim at a Creston 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