HailEvidence → hail history → Swanton, NE
Swanton, 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 Swanton city centroid, 1950 to present.
Hail by year — last 15 years
| Year | Hail events ≤ 10 mi | Largest hail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 1.00" (quarter) |
| 2023 | 4 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2022 | 3 | 2.50" (tennis ball) |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 1.00" (quarter) |
| 2019 | 1 | 0.88" (nickel) |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 10 | 2.00" (hen egg) |
| 2016 | 3 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2015 | 2 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2014 | 3 | 2.50" (tennis ball) |
| 2013 | 5 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
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
- 96 thunderstorm-wind events, strongest 104 mph, most recent 2025-03-14.
- 11 tornado events, most recent 2018-06-30.
Most recent recorded events
| Date | Type | Magnitude | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-14 | Thunderstorm Wind | 66 mph | 8.8 mi |
| 2024-07-06 | Thunderstorm Wind | 60 mph | 7.3 mi |
| 2024-06-26 | Thunderstorm Wind | 60 mph | 7.5 mi |
| 2024-05-24 | Thunderstorm Wind | 81 mph | 9.7 mi |
| 2024-05-24 | Thunderstorm Wind | 63 mph | 9.4 mi |
| 2024-05-02 | Thunderstorm Wind | 62 mph | 7.5 mi |
| 2024-04-26 | Hail | 1.00" | 8.1 mi |
| 2024-04-22 | Hail | 1.00" | 7.6 mi |
| 2023-09-16 | Hail | 1.75" | 7.3 mi |
| 2023-08-11 | Hail | 1.50" | 9 mi |
2025-03-14: “Public report on social media of a measured 66 mph wind gust.”
2024-07-06: “A 60 miles per hour wind gust was recorded on a personal weather station. The time of this report was slightly adjusted forward to account for the delay in which the report was received and to better match radar data.”
2024-06-26: “A 60 miles per hour wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.”
Disputing a claim at a Swanton 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.
Verify an address — $29source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12