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Idabel, OK 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 Idabel city centroid, 1950 to present.

122hail events since 1950
67≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1975-05-20
2025-07-12most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 5 1.00" (quarter)
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 5 1.00" (quarter)
2022 3 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 0
2015 7 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 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
2025-07-12 Hail 1.00" 9.7 mi
2025-05-25 Hail 0.88" 9.6 mi
2025-05-20 Hail 0.88" 0.9 mi
2025-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.1 mi
2025-05-19 Hail 0.88" 9.8 mi
2025-05-17 Hail 0.88" 9.3 mi
2024-11-04 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 1.1 mi
2024-11-04 Tornado EF1 3.9 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.3 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.00" 7.7 mi

2025-07-12: “Quarter size hail fell in Broken Bow.”

2025-05-25: “Nickel size hail fell in Broken Bow.”

2025-05-20: “Nickel size hail fell in Idabel.”

Disputing a claim at a Idabel 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