220
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.4M
Property damage
Hail in Jasper County, Iowa: 220 recorded events between 1972 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 4.5. That places the county #534 nationally and #17 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jasper County, Iowa: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jasper County is the 2000s, when 114 of the county's 220 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 Jasper County archive, hail makes up 38.1% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #534 for this hazard and #17 within Iowa, putting it in the 82.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for hail in Jasper County with 61 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
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2025 | PRAIRIE CITY | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | MONROE | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | PRAIRIE CITY | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | MONROE | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | MONROE | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | PRAIRIE CITY | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | PRAIRIE CITY | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2024 | COLFAX | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | COLFAX | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | COLFAX | 1.5 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Jasper County
- Thunderstorm Wind 189
- Heavy Rain 70
- Tornado 45
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorms fired up in advance of a cold front and upper level disturbance. Many of the storms produced pea size hail. Some reports indicated the hail covered the ground completely. One of the storms intensified briefly and dropped three quarter inch diameter hail in Jasper County at Colfax.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jasper County, Iowa?
220 hail events are recorded in Jasper County between 1972 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jasper County?
The strongest hail on record in Jasper County measured 4.5.
Where does the hail data for Jasper 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.
Cite this page
“Hail in Jasper County, Iowa.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/iowa/jasper-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.