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Norton, 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 Norton city centroid, 1950 to present.

147hail events since 1950
67≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.25"largest on record · 2007-06-08
2022-05-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 1 0.75" (penny)
2021 0
2020 5 2.50" (tennis ball)
2019 6 1.00" (quarter)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 1 0.88" (nickel)
2016 3 0.88" (nickel)
2015 0
2014 6 1.00" (quarter)
2013 4 1.00" (quarter)
2012 10 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 7.3 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 9.9 mi
2025-06-18 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.8 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.4 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.5 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.3 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 6.1 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 2.9 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 4.2 mi
2025-05-16 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 2.2 mi

2025-06-18: “Downed trees caused the closure of Coleman Drive, near Laddie Drive, in New Franklin.”

2025-06-18: “Large tree limbs downed in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood of Akron.”

2025-06-18: “Several trees downed in Sharon Center.”

Disputing a claim at a Norton 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