Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa

223

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$1.4M

Property damage

Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa: 223 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #522 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa: events per decade

Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa: recorded events per decade
Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa: recorded events per decade

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Guthrie County is the 2010s, when 88 of the county's 223 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Guthrie County archive, hail makes up 43.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #522 for this hazard and #16 within Iowa, putting it in the 83.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

0Jan
0Feb
4Mar
30Apr
46May
82Jun
29Jul
11Aug
18Sep
1Oct
2Nov
0Dec

Jun is the peak month for hail in Guthrie County with 82 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

Most recent

Latest recorded events

DateLocationMagnitudeDamage
Sep 3, 2025JAMAICA1$0
Apr 23, 2025NORTH BRANCH1.5$0
Mar 14, 2025NORTH BRANCH0.88$0
Jul 31, 2024JAMAICA1$0
Jun 18, 2023MENLO0.75$0
May 8, 2023JAMAICA0.88$0
Aug 29, 2022STUART1$0
Jun 15, 2022CASEY0.88$0
Jun 23, 2021BAGLEY1$0
Aug 6, 2020BAGLEY0.88$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · recent entries may be preliminary

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Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many hail events are on record in Guthrie County, Iowa?

223 hail events are recorded in Guthrie County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Guthrie County?

The strongest hail on record in Guthrie County measured 4.5.

Where does the hail data for Guthrie County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.

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“Hail in Guthrie County, Iowa.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/iowa/guthrie-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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