Hail, Polk
- When
- August 28, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -96.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 28, 1956
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 28, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- August 28, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -95.080
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- August 28, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -95.400
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- August 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -96.180
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 28, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.080, -96.180
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 28, 1956
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 28, 1956
- Hail in Kansas, August 28, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1956
- Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1956
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1956Every state in 1956This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10054285, 10054286, 10054287, 10054288, 10054289, 10054290, 10054291.