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Lakewood, IL 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 Lakewood city centroid, 1950 to present.

152hail events since 1950
92≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2013-07-20
2026-06-24most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 8 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2025 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 8 2.50" (tennis ball)
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2020 4 1.00" (quarter)
2019 0 —
2018 0 —
2017 3 1.00" (quarter)
2016 2 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 11 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 3 2.75" (baseball)
2012 8 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
2026-06-24 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.9 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 6.2 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 6.7 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 5.1 mi
2026-06-24 Tornado EF0 6.7 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 6.2 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.50" 3.1 mi
2026-06-24 Hail 1.00" 3.3 mi
2026-06-11 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 2.7 mi

2026-06-24: “A photo showed a large tree limb blown down.”

2026-06-24: “Quarter size hail was reported near Randall Road and Harnish Drive.”

2026-06-24: “A brief tornado with estimated peak winds of 75 mph touched down in a field north of Harmony Road, approximately a half mile east of Seeman Road. The tornado moved southeast causing damage to the roof of a barn and downing some tree limbs. A few metal panels from the roof of a barn were scattered ap”

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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 2026-10-07