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Galion, OH 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 Galion city centroid, 1950 to present.

63hail events since 1950
28≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
1.75"largest on record · 2012-06-29
2022-05-21most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 6 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 2 1.00" (quarter)
2013 5 1.00" (quarter)
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
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 4.3 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 1.4 mi
2024-05-22 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 7.2 mi
2024-05-22 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 6.4 mi
2024-05-22 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.5 mi
2023-08-12 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 2.8 mi
2023-07-29 Tornado EF1 7.8 mi
2023-01-19 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.6 mi
2022-06-13 Tornado EF1 9.8 mi
2022-06-13 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4.1 mi

2025-06-18: “Large tree limb was downed and damaged a fence about one-mile east of OH Route 61, about two-miles northeast of Iberia.”

2025-06-18: “Large tree limbs snapped about one-mile south of Galion.”

2024-05-22: “Camper destroyed completely and parts of it tossed about 50 to 60 feet into a field. Damage occurred about two-miles north of North Robinson.”

Disputing a claim at a Galion 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