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A fact from 2019 Timaru hailstorm appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 21:20, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that New Zealand's costliest weather event in 15 years lasted for only 10 minutes?

Source: For 10 minutes and costliest in 21st century: https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127023904/the-day-it-pummelled-massive-hail-stones-in-timaru
For it being the costliest weather event in 15 years (since the flooding in 2004): https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300022912/hailstorm-has-nzs-second-highest-weatherrelated-insurance-bill-this-century?rm=a

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fukushima nuclear accident
Comment: The hailstorm was the costliest weather event in the 21st century, but has since been overtaken by 2023's Cyclone Gabrielle, so that wording cannot be used.

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 54 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 05:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Ooh, a weather DYK! I'll take this.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good, passed. Although the "storm" section is short, it should be fine. E_F⁵ 16:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Panamitsu and EF5: Is there any way to phrase this so that it just gives the cost? I ask because I find the phrasing confusing in the original hook since there has been a more damaging storm since this one. Something like:

ALTX: ... that a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand caused about $171 million in damage?

would work with a citation temporarily added to the lead. Feel free to cross this hook out if not interested, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 02:33, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rjjiii: Thanks for the suggestion. That could work too. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:56, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]