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Princeton, 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 Princeton city centroid, 1950 to present.

120hail events since 1950
77≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 2014-05-11
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 0
2024 3 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2021 0
2020 5 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 4 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2018 0
2017 4 1.25" (half dollar)
2016 3 1.00" (quarter)
2015 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2014 2 2.75" (baseball)
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 0

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" 5.1 mi
2025-08-10 Thunderstorm Wind 66 mph 4.5 mi
2025-07-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2025-03-14 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 5.3 mi
2024-09-21 Hail 1.00" 6.4 mi
2024-09-21 Hail 1.00" 5.4 mi
2024-09-21 Hail 1.00" 3.3 mi
2024-07-01 Tornado EF1 9.7 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 68 mph 9.3 mi
2024-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.4 mi

2026-03-06: “Trained spotter report of hail estimated at 1.00 inch in diameter.”

2025-08-10: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 60 mph.”

2025-07-15: “Personal weather station measured wind gust of 60 mph along the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm.”

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

Each recorded hail day in Princeton 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

Sprague, NEHallam, NEMartell, NEHickman, NEFirth, NERoca, NEKramer, NEPanama, NEClatonia, NECheney, NE
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