Severe Weather History


Hazard archive · 1950 — present

Hail in Sac County, Iowa

110

Recorded events

0

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$476K

Property damage

Hail in Sac County, Iowa: 110 recorded events between 1964 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,317 nationally and #75 statewide for this hazard.

Decade by decade

Hail in Sac County, Iowa: events per decade

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

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

The busiest decade for hail in Sac County is the 2000s, when 41 of the county's 110 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 Sac County archive, hail makes up 37.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,317 for this hazard and #75 within Iowa, putting it in the 57.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Seasonality

Events by month

1Jan
0Feb
2Mar
22Apr
33May
24Jun
9Jul
15Aug
4Sep
0Oct
0Nov
0Dec

May is the peak month for hail in Sac County with 33 recorded events, while Feb 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
Apr 24, 2025SAC CITY MUNI ARPT1$0
Apr 24, 2025SAC CITY0.88$0
May 26, 2024LYTTON1$0
Apr 20, 2023LAKE VIEW1$0
Apr 20, 2023EARLY2.75$0
Apr 20, 2023WALL LAKE1.75$0
Apr 20, 2023ODEBOLT1$0
Apr 12, 2022LYTTON1$0
Sep 14, 2021AUBURN1.5$0
Jun 22, 2021LYTTON1.5$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 Sac County, Iowa?

110 hail events are recorded in Sac County between 1964 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Sac County?

The strongest hail on record in Sac County measured 2.75.

Where does the hail data for Sac 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 Sac County, Iowa.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/iowa/sac-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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