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Utica, 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 Utica city centroid, 1950 to present.

113hail events since 1950
89≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.25"largest on record · 2014-07-26
2025-09-14most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 1 0.88" (nickel)
2023 7 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0
2018 5 1.75" (golf ball)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 7 4.25" (softball)
2013 0
2012 6 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
2025-09-14 Thunderstorm Wind 81 mph 6.6 mi
2025-09-14 Hail 1.00" 8 mi
2024-07-10 Hail 0.88" 7.9 mi
2024-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.4 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 3.2 mi
2023-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.9 mi
2023-07-10 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2023-07-04 Hail 2.00" 0.4 mi
2023-07-04 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 0.4 mi
2023-07-04 Hail 1.00" 0.4 mi

2025-09-14: “Public report received via social media of power poles down near Tamora, NE.”

2025-09-14: “Public report of hail estimated at 1 inch in diameter.”

2024-06-18: “Law enforcement reported a semi that had flipped along Interstate 80 near the Utica exit.”

Disputing a claim at a Utica 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