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Hendley, 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 Hendley city centroid, 1950 to present.

112hail events since 1950
76≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 1963-06-18
2024-07-31most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 8 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 5 2.75" (baseball)
2022 5 2.75" (baseball)
2021 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 0
2018 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 3 1.00" (quarter)
2016 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 0
2013 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 7 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
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2024-07-31 Hail 1.00" 9 mi
2024-07-19 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 9 mi
2024-07-01 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.5 mi
2024-07-01 Tornado EFU 9.2 mi
2024-07-01 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.1 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.25" 7.5 mi
2024-05-06 Hail 1.00" 9.7 mi
2024-04-27 Hail 0.75" 7.9 mi

2024-07-19: “A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles north-northwest of Wilsonville.”

2024-07-01: “Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in isolated tree damage in Beaver City.”

2024-07-01: “This tornado was a brief touchdown reported by storm chasers. No rating nor wind speed was assigned due to the lack of quality damage indicators in the area. The location was estimated based off of video and photos.”

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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