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Melia, 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 Melia city centroid, 1950 to present.

161hail events since 1950
113≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1989-04-27
2025-04-17most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 0
2020 4 1.00" (quarter)
2019 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2017 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 10 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 4 1.00" (quarter)
2014 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2012 2 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
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.8 mi
2025-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 7.3 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 7.7 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 8.1 mi
2025-06-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.6 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.00" 9.9 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.50" 9.9 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.00" 6.9 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.25" 9 mi
2024-07-31 Thunderstorm Wind 89 mph 9.4 mi

2025-08-09: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 64 mph.”

2025-08-09: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 68 mph near 192nd and Harrison Street.”

2025-07-07: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 59 mph.”

Disputing a claim at a Melia 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