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Wichita hail season 2013
39 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 30 miles, across 8 storm days, max 3.00". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2013 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2013, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2013 | 9 | 3.00" | SUMNER, SEDGWICK, RENO |
| May 19, 2013 | 9 | 2.75" | COWLEY, SEDGWICK, BUTLER |
| May 8, 2013 | 7 | 1.75" | SEDGWICK, HARVEY |
| April 7, 2013 | 5 | 1.75" | BUTLER |
| October 30, 2013 | 3 | 1.25" | SEDGWICK |
When it fell
Apr 7 · May 16 · Jun 2 · Jul 9 · Aug 2 · Oct 3
Wind context: the record also holds 80 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2013 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Wichita claim from 2013?
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 Wichita 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.