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Dorchester, 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 Dorchester city centroid, 1950 to present.

129hail events since 1950
69≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1961-07-18
2026-05-18most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2021 1 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 6 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2012 2 1.25" (half dollar)

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
2026-05-18 Hail 1.00" 8.4 mi
2026-05-18 Hail 1.00" 8.6 mi
2026-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2026-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2026-05-16 Hail 2.00" 8.9 mi
2026-05-16 Hail 1.50" 9.3 mi
2026-05-15 Hail 1.00" 3.3 mi
2026-05-15 Hail 1.00" 8.6 mi
2025-09-14 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2025-09-14 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 2.3 mi

2026-05-18: “Trained spotter report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter with a mix of pea and quarter sized hail.”

2026-05-18: “Trained spotter report of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter. Report relayed via NWS Chat.”

2026-05-17: “Storm chaser report of large trees and limbs down in the road. Time estimated with radar. Wind speeds estimated at 60 mph.”

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

Each recorded hail day in Dorchester 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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Nearby hail history

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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 2026-09-10