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McDonald, PA 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 McDonald city centroid, 1950 to present.

147hail events since 1950
90≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.00"largest on record · 2020-03-28
2025-04-02most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 15 2.00" (hen egg)
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 5 0.75" (penny)
2020 15 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 9 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2014 0
2013 19 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 7 1.25" (half dollar)

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
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 0.4 mi
2025-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.6 mi
2025-05-21 Tornado EF1 9.3 mi
2025-05-17 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.9 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8.8 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.7 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 3.9 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.5 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 69 mph 3.3 mi
2025-04-29 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 6.7 mi

2025-06-26: “Reports of a tree down on power lines causing them to spark.”

2025-06-05: “Numerous tree branches between 1 to 3 inches in diameter were snapped with the largest 5 inches in diameter.”

2025-05-21: “A tornado produced sporadic damage along a 14.5 mile path beginning near Houston, PA and finally dissipating 24 minutes later in Finleyville, PA. The initial damage occurred near Allison Hollow Road, where large limbs were broken from hardwood trees. The tornado continued east, uprooting trees along”

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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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 2026-07-25