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Toledo hail season 2000
10 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 25 miles, across 5 storm days, max 4.50". 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2000 | 4 | 4.50" | WOOD, OTTAWA |
| August 2, 2000 | 3 | 1.75" | WOOD, LUCAS |
| July 29, 2000 | 1 | 1.00" | OTTAWA |
| July 14, 2000 | 1 | 1.00" | LUCAS |
| June 14, 2000 | 1 | 1.00" | WOOD |
“Hail as large as softballs and shaped at times like candy bars fell at Tontogany for approximately ten minutes. Damage was extensive with 160 of the 200 homes in the village sustaining damage. Most of the damage was from broken windows, but over 100 hundred homes had holes knocked into exterior walls by hailstones driven by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph. Most of this damage occurred on west facing walls. Severa”
— NWS event narrative, May 9, 2000 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
May 4 · Jun 1 · Jul 2 · Aug 3
Wind context: the record also holds 9 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 Toledo claim from 2000?
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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 25 miles of the Toledo 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.