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Shopiere, 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 Shopiere city centroid, 1950 to present.

70hail events since 1950
44≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.25"largest on record · 2011-08-02
2025-08-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 5 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 6 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 0.88" (nickel)
2021 1 1.00" (quarter)
2020 2 1.00" (quarter)
2019 1 1.00" (quarter)
2018 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 3 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 0
2012 1 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" 4 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.50" 3.4 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.50" 10 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.2 mi
2025-08-16 Hail 1.00" 9.8 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.9 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.1 mi
2025-06-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.5 mi

2025-08-16: “Image of ping-pong ball sized hail.”

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

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

Disputing a claim at a Shopiere 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