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Cleveland hail season 2012

12 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 30 miles, across 6 storm days, max 2.50". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2012 claim volume.

Biggest storm days (2012, final record)

“Quarter to tennis ball sized hail was reported. Hundreds of homes and vehicles were damaged by the hail. There were reports of hail found inside of homes after the exterior windows had broken.”

— NWS event narrative, July 4, 2012 (NCEI Storm Events)

When it fell

May 3 · Jul 6 · Aug 1 · Sep 2

Wind context: the record also holds 36 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2012 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.

Working a Cleveland claim from 2012?

These are aggregates. A claim file needs the per-address record: every recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles of the property, distances, official narratives, and citations an adjuster can check line by line. That's the report — generated in seconds, hosted on HailEvidence (the neutral evidence surface), formatted as an insurance-appeal attachment.

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Provenance

Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 30 miles of the Cleveland anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.