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Sleepy Hollow, 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 Sleepy Hollow city centroid, 1950 to present.

192hail events since 1950
116≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2013-07-20
2026-04-14most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 2 1.00" (quarter)
2025 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 9 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 2 0.88" (nickel)
2021 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2020 3 1.00" (quarter)
2019 1 2.00" (hen egg)
2018 3 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 7 1.00" (quarter)
2016 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2015 12 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 9 2.00" (hen egg)
2013 5 2.75" (baseball)
2012 4 1.50" (ping pong 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
2026-04-14 Hail 1.00" 6.3 mi
2026-04-14 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 3.9 mi
2026-04-14 Hail 1.00" 7.9 mi
2025-08-17 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 5.6 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.9 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.4 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.8 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.5 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.1 mi
2025-08-16 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4 mi

2026-04-14: “A tree was down on Chicago St in Elgin.”

2025-08-16: “Many large trees were uprooted, large branches were broken, and corn fields were flattened near Oaklawn Farm in Wayne.”

2025-08-16: “Power lines were blown down and sparking at IL-31 and Silver Glen Rd in St. Charles.”

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Each recorded hail day in Sleepy Hollow 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