Hail events in Cherokee County, Iowa The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 168 hail events on record for Cherokee County, Iowa, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 18 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 32 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

May 18 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SSE of CHEROKEE MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of WASHTA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles NNE of WASHTA

May 15 2026

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles SE of CHEROKEE MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of MARCUS

Aug 9 2025

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

At CHEROKEE

Jun 14 2025

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles W of FIELDING

Apr 28 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of CHEROKEE

Apr 18 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of AURELIA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

4 miles E of MERIDEN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At CHEROKEE

May 20 2024

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

7 miles NNE of AURELIA. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles WNW of LARRABEE

May 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNE of MARCUS

Apr 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of CLEGHORN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

4 miles SE of FIELDING

Jul 3 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of AURELIA. Damage estimate: $110 thousand

Apr 19 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile SW of CLEGHORN

May 30 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At MARCUS

Jun 22 2021

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

7 miles W of WASHTA. Damage estimate: $191 thousand

Jun 4 2020

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles SE of CHEROKEE MUNI ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles SW of CLEGHORN

Oct 1 2019

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of WASHTA

Sep 24 2019

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At CHEROKEE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of CLEGHORN

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Cherokee County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980s	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
1990s	0	0	0	0	8	0	5	0	2	9	24
2000s	6	9	6	7	25	8	5	2	9	0	77
2010s	6	6	7	1	2	0	3	1	6	5	37
2020s	2	1	1	2	5	6	5 (part of the year)				22

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar0 events
Apr17 events
May54 events
Jun38 events
Jul19 events
Aug20 events
Sep16 events
Oct3 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Cherokee County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	76
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	62
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	28
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	1

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Cherokee County beside the total of the counties of Iowa and of the United States
Measure	Cherokee	All counties of Iowa	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	168	15,913	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	29.1	28.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	146.0	49.8	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Cherokee County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
21 Sep 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 Aug 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Aug 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 May 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 May 2018	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
1 May 2018	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
18 Aug 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 May 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
24 Apr 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 Apr 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 May 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Aug 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
6 Sep 2012	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 May 2012	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Sep 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	4.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2011	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
15 Sep 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Nov 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
4 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
7 Jul 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Sep 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Aug 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Jul 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Jun 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
18 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
3 Aug 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
6 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Sep 2004	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
16 Aug 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
31 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Jul 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
19 May 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
20 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Jul 2003	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2003	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
1 Sep 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Oct 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Aug 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
2 Aug 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Jun 2001	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 May 2001	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
16 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Aug 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Jul 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Jul 1999	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Jun 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
16 May 1999	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 Apr 1999	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
29 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Sep 1996	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
20 Jun 1996	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
19 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Jun 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
7 Aug 1994	Hail	2.00 in	$550 thousand	County
30 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$55 thousand	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
12 Jun 1994	Hail	1.75 in	$100 thousand	County
10 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$55 thousand	County
22 Aug 1988	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
24 Jun 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Oct 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Jun 1981	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
24 Jun 1978	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Jul 1969	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 1968	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 1959	Hail	1.75 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Sioux Falls, SD (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Cherokee County, Iowa". https://countyhazards.com/county/ia/cherokee/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Cherokee County?: May has 54 of the 168 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Iowa?: NCEI has 15,950 hail events on record for Iowa from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Cherokee County compare with the other counties of Iowa?: The counties of Iowa have 28.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Cherokee County has 29.1.
How large is the hail on record for Cherokee County?: 30 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.