Minnesota hail history

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Minnesota had hail reported on 418 days from 2016 to 2025, about 42 a year, and on 2,109 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 6.00″ (July 31, 2024). St. Louis County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (65).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

Minnesota cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in Minnesota since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in Minnesota history

Minnesota counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in Minnesota, by month and week: Minnesota hail season

Download every Minnesota hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: Minnesota storm report downloads

All Minnesota cities

Afton Albany Albert Lea Albertville Alexandria Andover Annandale Anoka Apple Valley Arden Hills Austin Barnesville Baxter Bayport Becker Belle Plaine Bemidji Benson Big Lake Blaine Bloomington Blue Earth Brainerd Breckenridge Breezy Point Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Park Buffalo Burnsville Byron Caledonia Cambridge Cannon Falls Carver Centerville Champlin Chanhassen Chaska Chatfield Chisago City Chisholm Circle Pines Cloquet Cohasset Cokato Cold Spring Columbia Heights Columbus Coon Rapids Corcoran Cottage Grove Credit River Crookston Crystal Dayton Deephaven Delano Detroit Lakes Dilworth Dodge Center Duluth Eagan Eagle Lake East Bethel East Grand Forks Eden Prairie Edina Elk River Elko New Market Ely Empire Eveleth Fairmont Falcon Heights Faribault Farmington Fergus Falls Foley Forest Lake Fridley Glencoe Glenwood Golden Valley Goodview Grand Rapids Granite Falls Grant Greenfield Ham Lake Hanover Hastings Hermantown Hibbing Hopkins Hugo Hutchinson Independence International Falls Inver Grove Heights Isanti Jackson Jordan Kasson La Crescent Lake City Lake Elmo Lakeville Le Center Le Sueur Lexington Lindstrom Lino Lakes Litchfield Little Canada Little Falls Long Prairie Lonsdale Luverne Mahtomedi Mankato Maple Grove Maplewood Marshall Mayer Medina Melrose Mendota Heights Milaca Minneapolis Minnetonka Minnetrista Montevideo Montgomery Monticello Montrose Moorhead Moose Lake Mora Morris Mound Mounds View Mountain Iron New Brighton New Hope New Prague New Ulm Newport North Branch North Mankato North Oaks North St. Paul Northfield Norwood Young America Nowthen Oak Grove Oak Park Heights Oakdale Orono Osseo Otsego Owatonna Park Rapids Paynesville Pelican Rapids Perham Pine City Pine Island Pipestone Plainview Plymouth Princeton Prior Lake Proctor Ramsey Red Wing Redwood Falls Rice Lake Richfield Robbinsdale Rochester Rockford Rogers Roseau Rosemount Roseville Rush City Sartell Sauk Centre Sauk Rapids Savage Scandia Shakopee Shoreview Shorewood Sleepy Eye South St. Paul Spring Lake Park St. Anthony St. Augusta St. Charles St. Cloud St. Francis St. James St. Joseph St. Louis Park St. Michael St. Paul St. Paul Park St. Peter Stacy Staples Stewartville Stillwater Thief River Falls Vadnais Heights Victoria Virginia Wabasha Waconia Wadena Waite Park Waseca Watertown Wayzata West St. Paul White Bear Lake Willmar Windom Winona Woodbury Worthington Wyoming Zimmerman Zumbrota

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