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Steinauer, 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 Steinauer city centroid, 1950 to present.

76hail events since 1950
51≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2023-05-12
2025-05-19most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 0.75" (penny)
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 6 4.50" (grapefruit)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 1 0.88" (nickel)
2018 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2017 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 1 0.88" (nickel)

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
2025-05-19 Hail 0.75" 6.2 mi
2024-09-21 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.7 mi
2024-07-06 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 8.7 mi
2024-05-25 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.7 mi
2024-05-06 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.9 mi
2023-08-25 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 2.6 mi
2023-08-25 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.1 mi
2023-08-11 Hail 2.00" 8.2 mi
2023-08-11 Hail 1.50" 7.3 mi

2025-05-19: “Public report of hail estimated up to dime size (0.75 inch) in diameter.”

2024-09-21: “A trained spotter measured a 63 miles per hour wind gust on a personal weather station.”

2024-07-06: “A public report was received of a 59 miles per hour wind gust measured on a Davis weather instrument.”

Disputing a claim at a Steinauer 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