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St. Louis hail season 2000
27 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 11 storm days, max 2.50". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2000 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2000, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2000 | 6 | 1.75" | MONROE, ST. CLAIR, ST. CHARLES, MADISON |
| May 12, 2000 | 4 | 2.00" | MACOUPIN |
| April 7, 2000 | 4 | 1.00" | JEFFERSON, MONROE, ST. CLAIR |
| April 6, 2000 | 3 | 1.75" | ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR |
| October 4, 2000 | 2 | 1.75" | ST. CHARLES, ST. LOUIS |
“Storm spotters reported hail up to golfball size in the Alton area.”
— NWS event narrative, April 16, 2000 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Feb 3 · Apr 13 · May 6 · Jul 1 · Aug 2 · Oct 2
Wind context: the record also holds 101 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2000 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a St. Louis claim from 2000?
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 35 miles of the St. Louis 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.