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Plum Valley, 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 Plum Valley city centroid, 1950 to present.

149hail events since 1950
86≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 2012-06-28
2026-03-26most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 1 1.00" (quarter)
2025 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 3 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 6 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 18 1.75" (golf ball)
2012 18 2.50" (tennis ball)

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
2026-04-17 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.2 mi
2026-04-17 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 5 mi
2026-04-17 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 3.3 mi
2026-03-26 Hail 1.00" 9.6 mi
2026-03-06 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.6 mi
2025-09-21 Hail 1.25" 9 mi
2025-09-21 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.4 mi
2025-08-17 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.3 mi
2025-08-17 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 1.9 mi
2025-07-28 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4 mi

2026-04-17: “Power poles and trees were downed in Beecher. A fire was started when one branch fell onto a power line.”

2026-04-17: “Numerous tree branches were downed around and southwest of St. John.”

2026-03-06: “A measured wind gust to 58 mph was reported on Rose Street where a tree limb was blown down onto a car.”

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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 2026-08-10