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La Platte, NE 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 La Platte city centroid, 1950 to present.

294hail events since 1950
184≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 2024-06-25
2026-03-06most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 1 1.00" (quarter)
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 10 4.50" (grapefruit)
2023 12 2.00" (hen egg)
2022 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 5 1.25" (half dollar)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 3 1.00" (quarter)
2017 21 2.00" (hen egg)
2016 7 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 1.00" (quarter)
2014 4 1.00" (quarter)
2013 8 2.75" (baseball)
2012 12 2.00" (hen egg)

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
2026-03-06 Hail 1.00" 8.4 mi
2025-07-07 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 5.2 mi
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 2 mi
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4.2 mi
2025-06-29 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4.7 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.00" 9.3 mi
2025-04-17 Hail 1.00" 2.7 mi
2025-04-01 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.6 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 5.7 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 61 mph 3.6 mi

2026-03-06: “Public report of hail measured at 1.00 inch in diameter received via an image on social media.”

2025-07-07: “Mesonet report of wind gusts measured at 59 mph, associated with the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm.”

2025-06-29: “Mesonet measured wind gust of 68 mph, associated with an outflow boundary ahead of an approaching thunderstorm.”

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

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

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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