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Waukee, IA 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 Waukee city centroid, 1950 to present.

325hail events since 1950
205≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.00"largest on record · 2022-08-19
2025-05-19most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 5 1.00" (quarter)
2024 5 1.00" (quarter)
2023 2 1.00" (quarter)
2022 20 3.00" (tea cup)
2021 23 2.75" (baseball)
2020 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 7 1.00" (quarter)
2018 10 2.00" (hen egg)
2017 21 2.75" (baseball)
2016 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 6 1.00" (quarter)
2014 16 2.75" (baseball)
2013 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 8 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
2025-08-10 Thunderstorm Wind 62 mph 6.7 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.8 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 4.3 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.4 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 1.4 mi
2025-07-10 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.9 mi
2025-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 10 mi
2025-05-19 Hail 1.00" 7.4 mi
2025-03-14 Hail 0.75" 6.6 mi
2025-03-14 Hail 1.00" 9 mi

2025-08-10: “Gust measured by personal weather station.”

2025-07-28: “Large tree branches down in Urbandale due to collapsing storm.”

2025-07-10: “Spotter measured two wind gusts of 70 mph at 1237 and 1240 am.”

Storm-day records for Waukee — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Waukee has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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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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Nearby hail history

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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 2026-08-09