Hail events in Peoria 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 238 hail events on record for Peoria 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 96 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

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles WSW of BARTONVILLE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SW of GLASFORD

May 7 2026

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile WSW of PEORIA HGTS

Feb 19 2026

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BELLEVUE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BELLEVUE

May 15 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of BARTONVILLE

Jun 25 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At PRINCEVILLE

May 2 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SE of PEORIA HGTS

Mar 14 2024

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At CHILLICOTHE

Mar 4 2024

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of ALTA

Feb 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MAPLETON

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BELLEVUE

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At BRIMFIELD

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At BRIMFIELD

May 7 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

1 mile NE of ALTA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At PEORIA HGTS

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At PEORIA HGTS

Hail0.75 in, penny size

4 miles SSW of ALTA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

3 miles NW of PEORIA

Apr 20 2023

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile S of LONG SHR PARK

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WSW of PEORIA HGTS

Apr 19 2023

Hail0.75 in, penny size

3 miles SE of ELMORE

Apr 15 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of ALTA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At ORANGE PRAIRIE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At PEORIA HGTS

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 Peoria 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	1	0	0	1
1960s	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
1970s	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	9
1980s	1	3	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	11
1990s	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	10
2000s	5	1	7	7	4	10	11	0	3	14	62
2010s	3	8	6	8	4	11	10	26	5	9	90
2020s	7	2	4	24	8	1	5 (part of the year)				51

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
Feb10 events
Mar29 events
Apr46 events
May47 events
Jun50 events
Jul19 events
Aug14 events
Sep12 events
Oct1 event
Nov6 events
Dec3 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Peoria County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	89
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	107
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	39
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	3
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: Peoria County beside the total of the counties of Illinois and of the United States
Measure	Peoria	All counties of Illinois	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	238	12,294	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	38.5	22.1	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	13.3	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 Peoria County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
4 Apr 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
31 Mar 2023	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Sep 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2022	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Aug 2022	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
5 Mar 2022	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Oct 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
25 Aug 2021	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	2.50 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
11 Jul 2020	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
28 Apr 2020	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Apr 2020	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Sep 2019	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
25 Jun 2019	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Dec 2018	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Dec 2018	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
13 May 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 May 2018	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
22 Jan 2018	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Jul 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Jun 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
26 May 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
17 May 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 2017	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 Apr 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
6 Mar 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Feb 2017	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
28 Feb 2017	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Nov 2016	Hail	1.25 in	$500 thousand	County
2 Nov 2016	Hail	1.25 in	$500 thousand	County
2 Nov 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Nov 2016	Hail	1.75 in	$2.0 million	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 Mar 2016	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Jun 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
10 Jun 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Jun 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
9 Apr 2015	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 Jun 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
21 Jun 2014	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
3 Apr 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
3 Apr 2014	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Nov 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
25 Jun 2013	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
24 Jun 2013	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Aug 2011	Hail	1.50 in	$70 thousand	County
24 May 2006	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
17 May 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
13 Apr 2006	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
12 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
19 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Sep 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
13 Jun 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
5 Jun 2005	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 2005	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.75 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	1.00 in	none	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
18 Aug 2004	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
10 Jun 2004	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 May 2004	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 May 2004	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
21 Jul 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
17 Jul 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jul 2003	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
28 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 May 2003	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
9 May 2003	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
8 May 2003	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jul 2002	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jul 2002	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
4 Jun 2002	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
13 May 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
11 May 2002	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
27 Apr 2002	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
2 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
30 Aug 2001	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 Jun 2000	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
18 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
18 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
8 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
20 Apr 2000	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 May 1998	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
12 May 1998	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 1998	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
24 Aug 1997	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
8 Dec 1991	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
29 Aug 1990	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
9 Jul 1990	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
11 May 1987	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jul 1985	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 Jun 1985	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
18 Aug 1983	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
1 Nov 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
26 May 1982	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Apr 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
10 Apr 1981	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
2 Jun 1980	Hail	2.75 in	none	County
25 Jun 1978	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
5 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
5 May 1977	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
14 Jun 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
13 Jun 1975	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 May 1975	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
14 Jun 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Aug 1971	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
14 Jul 1964	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
2 Sep 1961	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
4 Jun 1960	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
15 May 1960	Hail	1.25 in	none	County
13 May 1957	Hail	0.75 in	none	County

The site keeps 197 of the 238 events for this page. It keeps the newest 120 events. It also keeps 80 events with the most damage, injuries or deaths. 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 Peoria County, Illinois". https://countyhazards.com/county/il/peoria/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 Peoria County?: June has 50 of the 238 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 Peoria County compare with the other counties of Illinois?: The counties of Illinois have 22.1 hail events for each 100 square miles. Peoria County has 38.5.
How large is the hail on record for Peoria County?: 42 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.