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Milton, WI 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 Milton city centroid, 1950 to present.

105hail events since 1950
72≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2025-04-18
2025-08-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 17 2.75" (baseball)
2024 7 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 0
2022 9 2.50" (tennis ball)
2021 3 1.00" (quarter)
2020 1 0.88" (nickel)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 0
2017 3 1.00" (quarter)
2016 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2015 1 0.88" (nickel)
2014 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 1.00" (quarter)

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
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 10 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.50" 8.1 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 7.1 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 6.6 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 6.8 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 4.9 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 10 mi
2025-04-18 Hail 1.75" 5.5 mi
2025-04-18 Hail 2.50" 7.6 mi
2025-04-18 Hail 1.75" 7.6 mi

2025-08-16: “Ping pong ball hail on the west side of Janesville.”

2025-08-16: “Tree damage across Janesville.”

2025-08-16: “Public Facebook report via video of many hailstones shredding leaves off a backyard tree.”

Disputing a claim at a Milton 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