Hail events in Marshall County, Illinois 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 63 hail events on record for Marshall County, Illinois, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 11 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 8 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

Jun 11 2026

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At WENONA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile N of TOLUCA

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

3 miles ENE of VARNA

Mar 10 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At HENRY

Feb 8 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At HENRY

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles ENE of LA PRAIRIE CENTER

Aug 20 2022

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of SPARLAND

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile NW of LACON

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

2 miles S of LACON

May 14 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At TOLUCA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At TOLUCA

May 13 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SSW of WENONA

Jun 10 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles S of SPARLAND

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At LACON MARSHALL CO AR

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

At LACON

Apr 9 2015

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of VARNA

Hail0.75 in, penny size

2 miles E of WILBERN

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles S of SPARLAND

Aug 9 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WENONA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At TOLUCA

May 6 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At HENRY

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At HENRY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles SW of HENRY

May 3 2012

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of LACON

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At SPARLAND

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 Marshall 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	0	0
1960s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1980s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990s	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4
2000s	1	1	2	3	1	5	12	2	2	2	31
2010s	0	0	7	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	16
2020s	0	0	3	0	2	0	4 (part of the year)				9

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
Feb2 events
Mar11 events
Apr12 events
May12 events
Jun13 events
Jul3 events
Aug9 events
Sep0 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Marshall County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	25
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	25
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	12
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	1
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

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: Marshall County beside the total of the counties of Illinois and of the United States
Measure	Marshall	All counties of Illinois	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	63	12,294	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	16.3	22.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	54.0	9.7	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 Marshall County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
18 Jun 2009	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2008	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
23 Aug 2007	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Oct 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
29 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
24 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
16 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jul 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
30 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Jun 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
9 Apr 2001	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
18 May 2000	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 1996	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Apr 1996	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
23 Aug 1993	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Aug 1966	Hail	0.75 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: Central Illinois (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 Marshall County, Illinois". https://countyhazards.com/county/il/marshall/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 Marshall County?: June has 13 of the 63 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Illinois?: NCEI has 12,331 hail events on record for Illinois from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Marshall County compare with the other counties of Illinois?: The counties of Illinois have 22.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Marshall County has 16.3.
How large is the hail on record for Marshall County?: 13 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.