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Blue Summit, MO 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 Blue Summit city centroid, 1950 to present.

477hail events since 1950
296≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
5.50"largest on record · 2010-09-18
2026-04-15most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 3 1.00" (quarter)
2025 7 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2024 16 1.75" (golf ball)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 3 1.00" (quarter)
2020 3 1.00" (quarter)
2019 23 1.75" (golf ball)
2018 6 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2017 12 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 30 2.00" (hen egg)
2015 1 0.75" (penny)
2014 8 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 14 1.00" (quarter)
2012 6 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
2026-04-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.8 mi
2026-04-15 Hail 1.00" 1.2 mi
2026-04-15 Hail 1.00" 2.9 mi
2026-04-15 Hail 1.00" 8.2 mi
2025-09-16 Hail 1.00" 7.5 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.5 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6.8 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 7.7 mi
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7.2 mi

2026-04-15: “Downed tree limbs and wires near Blue Hills Park.”

2026-04-15: “Quarter sized hail reported in western Independence.”

2026-04-15: “Quarter sized hail reported near the Truman Library.”

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Each recorded hail day in Blue Summit 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