Hail events in Dubuque 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 200 hail events on record for Dubuque County, Iowa, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 14 Apr 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 39 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

Apr 14 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NW of CASCADE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

4 miles NW of CASCADE

Mar 10 2026

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of EPWORTH

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of CENTRALIA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of BERNARD

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BERNARD

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

2 miles N of BERNARD

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles E of (DBQ)DUBUQUE MUNI AR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of CASCADE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of CASCADE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of CASCADE

Sep 22 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile N of DUBUQUE

Aug 16 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles NNE of SAGEVILLE

Apr 17 2025

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile E of (DBQ)DUBUQUE MUNI AR

Mar 19 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of ASBURY

May 24 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles SE of SAGEVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles ENE of ASBURY

May 7 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles E of ASBURY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNE of CENTER GROVE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles W of ASBURY

Apr 27 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NNW of JULIEN

Feb 8 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles E of ASBURY

Jul 28 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of DUBUQUE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles NNW of DUBUQUE

Apr 19 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NE of (DBQ)DUBUQUE MUNI AR

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 Dubuque 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	1	0	0	0	0	1
1960s	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	10
1970s	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
1980s	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
1990s	0	1	0	0	7	2	0	11	6	2	29
2000s	15	1	3	0	1	1	5	7	14	7	54
2010s	3	20	1	11	9	4	2	13	2	1	66
2020s	1	2	0	7	7	4	11 (part of the year)				32

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

Jan1 event
Feb2 events
Mar12 events
Apr48 events
May49 events
Jun34 events
Jul19 events
Aug19 events
Sep15 events
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec1 event

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Dubuque County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	64
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	86
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	44
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	5
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: Dubuque County beside the total of the counties of Iowa and of the United States
Measure	Dubuque	All counties of Iowa	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	200	15,913	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	32.9	28.5	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	20.3	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 Dubuque County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Injuries	On record for
19 Apr 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
19 Apr 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 Aug 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
10 Aug 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Apr 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
5 Aug 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
14 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Jul 2017	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
11 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
21 Sep 2016	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Sep 2016	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
17 Sep 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
20 May 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
19 May 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
29 Apr 2013	Hail	2.50 in	none	0	County
5 Sep 2012	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Jul 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
27 Jul 2011	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
15 Jun 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	$1.0 million	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
3 Apr 2011	Hail	3.50 in	none	0	County
21 Sep 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
5 Apr 2010	Hail	1.25 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 Jul 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
12 Jun 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
31 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
25 May 2008	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
25 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
2 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
7 Jan 2008	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 Jul 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
2 Apr 2007	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
31 Mar 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
24 Jun 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	0	County
29 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$3 thousand	0	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	0	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
27 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
22 May 2004	Hail	2.00 in	$5 thousand	0	County
3 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	0	County
11 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
6 May 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jun 2001	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 Sep 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
1 Jun 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
31 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
17 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
11 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
11 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
11 May 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
16 May 1999	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
11 Feb 1999	Hail	0.80 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
28 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
3 Aug 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
20 Jun 1997	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
18 May 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
27 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$20 thousand	0	County
22 Jul 1995	Hail	1.75 in	$35 thousand	0	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	2.50 in	$100 thousand	4	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	2.50 in	$550 thousand	0	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	4.50 in	$5.0 million	0	County
19 Aug 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$55 thousand	0	County
18 Aug 1994	Hail	0.75 in	$55 thousand	0	County
25 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	0	County
25 Apr 1994	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	0	County
8 Apr 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
10 Sep 1986	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
6 Jun 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
7 Jun 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
14 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
21 Sep 1973	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
16 Jun 1973	Hail	1.75 in	none	0	County
9 Sep 1971	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
31 May 1970	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
4 Jun 1969	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
15 May 1968	Hail	2.75 in	none	0	County
27 Mar 1968	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
20 Dec 1967	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
26 Aug 1965	Hail	2.00 in	none	0	County
26 Aug 1965	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	County
23 Aug 1962	Hail	1.50 in	none	0	County
22 Jul 1962	Hail	1.00 in	none	0	County
23 Jun 1962	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
12 May 1962	Hail	0.75 in	none	0	County
18 Apr 1955	Hail	3.00 in	none	0	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: Quad Cities, IA/IL (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 Dubuque County, Iowa". https://countyhazards.com/county/ia/dubuque/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 Dubuque County?: May has 49 of the 200 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 Dubuque County compare with the other counties of Iowa?: The counties of Iowa have 28.5 hail events for each 100 square miles. Dubuque County has 32.9.
How large is the hail on record for Dubuque County?: 50 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.